not be set/carved in stone
UK (US not be carved/etched in stone)Definition
› to not be fixed and able to be changed: These are just a few ideas - nothing is set in stone yet.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable
(Definition of not be set/carved in stone from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- blurred adjective
- circumstantial adjective
- conflicted adjective
- debatable adjective
- definite maybe noun
- dodgy adjective (NOT RELIABLE)
- fuzzy adjective (NOT CLEAR)
- it's early days idiom
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind of idiom
- kinda adverb
- knife edge noun
- sputter verb (ACTIVITY)
- tenuous adjective
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- touch-and-go adjective
- uncertain adjective
- uncertainty noun
- unclear adjective
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