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open house
noun
- a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc.
- a time during which a school, institution, etc., is open to the public for exhibition or for some specific occasion.
- a house hospitably open to all friends who may wish to visit it.
open house
noun
- an occasion on which an institution, such as a school, is open for inspection by the public Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)open dayat-home
- keep open houseto be always ready to provide hospitality
- a house available for inspection by prospective buyers
Word History and Origins
Origin of open house1
Idioms and Phrases
- keep open house, to be prepared to entertain visitors at any time:
They keep open house for artists and writers.
Example Sentences
The campus tradition revolves around an open house for prospective students and their parents.
It was a bittersweet moment for Elachi, 76, who had danced down that tiled staircase when she and her husband first saw the home during an open house in the early 1980s.
There was an open house until 5 p.m.
As the attendees of CalEarth’s February open house filter through the inviting living spaces of Earth One, that certainly feels true.
One man told The Times his brother-in-law showed up at a rental open house near Brentwood and the listing agent told him to fill out a form with his best offer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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