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let the genie out of the bottle

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let the genie out of the bottle (mainly American)

to allow something bad to happen which cannot then be stopped. With the Internet, we really let the genie out of the bottle. People now have unlimited access to all manner of material.

See also: bottle, genie, let

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Once you've got a database and information like that," he says, "you let the genie out of the bottle. Student database poses privacy concerns: but some say it would ... by University Business We are competitive for this area, and now I'm concerned that I may have let the genie out of the bottle. CO-WORKERS' TEASING ABOUT ERROR GETS DULL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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