Usually means: Clear, straightforward, easily resolved case.
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  1. open-and-shut: Merriam-Webster
  2. open-and-shut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. open-and-shut: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. open-and-shut, open-and-shut: Collins English Dictionary
  5. open-and-shut: Vocabulary.com
  6. open-and-shut: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. open-and-shut: Wiktionary
  8. open-and-shut: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. open-and-shut: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. open-and-shut: Dictionary.com
  11. open-and-shut: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. open-and-shut: Rhymezone
  13. open-and-shut: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. open-and-shut: FreeDictionary.org
  15. open-and-shut: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. open-and-shut: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (informal) simple and obvious; easily decided

Similar:
open and shut, cut and dried, transparent, decided, self-explanatory, obvious, clear, evident, plain to see, clear as crystal, more...

Opposite:
ambiguous, uncertain, inconclusive, debatable, unresolved

Types:
airtight, foolproof, indisputable, ironclad, watertight, more...

Phrases:
open-and-shut case, more...

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Similar:
open and shut, cut and dried, transparent, decided, self-explanatory, obvious, clear, evident, plain to see, clear as crystal, more...

Opposite:
ambiguous, uncertain, inconclusive, debatable, unresolved

Types:
airtight, foolproof, indisputable, ironclad, watertight, more...

Phrases:
open-and-shut case, more...



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