To keep open house

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	to entertain friends at all times.
	to be hospitable.

See also: House Keep

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House open open house			You're not going to keep open house for all the poor of London,' pursued Pancks. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context You must expect to keep open house in these last illnesses," said liberal Mrs. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context If it so happens that there is no fortune large enough to keep open house in this way, the big-wigs of the place choose a place of meeting, as they did at Alencon, in the house of some inoffensive person, whose settled life and character and position offers no umbrage to the vanities or the interests of any one. An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context			To join battle To jump a claim To jump at To jump one's bail To jump the gun To keel over To keep (a person) on a short leash To keep a stiff upper lip To keep an eye on To keep at arm's length To keep back To keep company with To keep counsel To keep dark To keep down To keep from To keep good hours To keep house To keep in the background To keep in with To keep on To keep one's distance To keep one's hand in To keep one's head above water To keep one's nose to the grindstone To keep open house To keep pace with To keep quarter To keep school To keep shady To keep stroke To keep term To keep the countenance To keep the field To keep the foot To keep the land aboard To keep the peace To keep the pot boiling To keep the wolf from the door To keep to To keep touch To keep under To keep up To keep within bounds To key up To kick oneself To kick the beam To kick the bucket To kill time To knit up To knock about			To jump at To jump one's bail To jump the gun To keel over To keep (a person) on a short leash To keep a stiff upper lip To keep an eye on To keep at arm's length To keep back To keep company with To keep counsel To keep dark To keep down To keep from To keep good hours To keep house To keep in the background To keep in with To keep on To keep one's distance To keep one's hand in To keep one's head above water To keep one's nose to the grindstone To Keep Open To keep open house To keep pace with To keep quarter To keep school To keep shady To keep stroke To keep term To keep the countenance To keep the field To keep the foot To keep the land aboard To keep the peace To keep the pot boiling To keep the wolf from the door To keep to To keep touch To keep under To keep up To Keep Vein Open To keep within bounds To Keep You in the Loop To key up To kick oneself To kick the beam To kick the bucket

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