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open sesame

o·pen ses·a·me [ ṓpən séssəmee ] (plural o·pen ses·a·mes)


noun 
Definition:
 
key to success: a sure means of gaining access to or obtaining something

[< the magical words used by Ali Baba, a character in the Arabian Nights, to open the door of the robbers' cave]
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