Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Return
Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.
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The Timey-Wimey Ball also applies to game mechanics: One can open a chest in the future, return to the past and open the chest again to get two items from the same chest.
Source: Timey-Wimey Ball - In Andre Norton's Catseye, Troy's return to Kyger's to find the door open puts him on high alert, though he has only minimal clues to what is going on.
Source: Ominously Open Door -
In Return of the Jedi, Jabba the Hutt, after being strangled to death by Leia, has his eyes partly open when he dies.
Source: Dies Wide Open
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Return and Open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/return
Open & Return. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/return>.
Return or Open. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/return.
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