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open sesame definition

open ses·ame (ses′ə mē′)

  1. magic words spoken to open the door of the thieves' den in the story of Ali Baba in The Arabian Nights
  2. any unfailing means of gaining admission or achieving some other end

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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