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Complete Definition of "open sesame"

English
Etymology
Translating F. Sésame ouvre-toi, in Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the Arabian Nights, apparently based on an oral Arabic source.

Interjection
open sesame

  1. Open up!

Translations
trans-top|Open up
Finnish: Sesam aukene
French: Sésame ouvre-toi
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German: Sesam öffne dich
Italian: Apriti sesamo
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Noun
open sesame
#Any successful means of achieving a result

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