OPEN SESAME meaning: Magic phrase that opens doors

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open sesame: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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open sesame: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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open sesame: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (open sesame)

▸ noun: Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people.

Opposite:

close, shut, seal

Adjectives:

magic, cunning, sympathetic, magique, wizard, fairytale, bewitched, magick, witching, magickal, practic

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