(transitive) To dismiss (a person) promptly.

Said of a conversation which suddenly develops in a way that was not planned or anticipated by any of the people involved, sometimes in a positive context, but especially of an escalating argument.

To begin an undertaking.

To insist upon certain conditions.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keep one's options open

present participle of keep one's options open

simple past tense and past participle of keep one's options open

To do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.

To bristle; to react in a defensive and bad-tempered manner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rub one's hands together