Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. 
 retain rights to; 
- Example: "keep my job for me while I give birth"- Example: "keep my seat, please"- Example: "keep open the possibility of a merger"[syn: keep open, hold open, keep, save]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hold open
    v 1: retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth";
         "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a
         merger" [syn: keep open, hold open, keep, save]