open sesame
/ˌoʊpən ˈsesəmi/
a phrase that unlocks what force cannot
open sesame in a sentence
“The right prompt works like open sesame: the door was always there; you lacked the words.”
Origin of open sesame
the cave-opening command in the tale of Ali Baba, from the Thousand and One Nights
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a word used to detect outsiders by how they pronounce it
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a formal curse of banishment; a thing utterly abhorred
malediction
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a spoken blessing
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teaching held as unquestionably true; originally `good news`
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