remain to be seen

present singular third person remains to be seen · participle present remaining to be seen · participle past remained to be seen · past remained to be seen

1. idiomaticTo have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.

   It remains to be seen whether he will win the election.

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   Then came the leak (to the AP) that [Lance Armstrong] had in fact told Oprah he'd been a doper. So all that remained to be seen were what words Armstrong would use and what demeanor he would display.

   2013 January 18, Howard Kurtz, “A loss for Lance, a win for Oprah”, in CNN

   It remains to be seen if goalkeeper Ederson will be available for those games after he was forced off in the eighth minute following a collision with City full-back Walker and Sean Longstaff that saw Newcastle have a goal disallowed for offside.

   2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport