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open and shut

if a legal case or problem is open and shut, the facts are very clear and it is easy to make a decision or find a solution The police think the case is open and shut: five witnesses saw the man stealing the car. It's going to take a lot of work to deal with this problem. It certainly isn't an open-and-shut matter.

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They open and shut the trap-doors without any particular reason. The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context But in vain did he search the whole room, open and shut all the drawers, even that privileged one where the parcel which had been so fatal to Cornelius had been deposited; he found ticketed, as in a botanical garden, the "Jane," the "John de Witt," the hazel-nut, and the roasted-coffee coloured tulip; but of the black tulip, or rather the seedling bulbs within which it was still sleeping, not a trace was found. The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context I have fished for trout, in Tahoe, and at a measured depth of eighty-four feet I have seen them put their noses to the bait and I could see their gills open and shut. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			one's work is cut out for one one-horse town one-man show one-night stand one-shot one-track mind one-upmanship oneself oneself again onions online only have eyes for only just only way to go onto onto a good thing onward onwards and upwards Onwards and upwards! ooze ooze with open open a can of worms open a conversation open a Pandora's box open and shut open book open doors open eyes open eyes to open fire open for business open heart open heart to open into open kimono open mind open mouth open old wounds open on open oneself to criticism open out open Pandora's box open season open secret open some doors open the door to open the floodgates open the way for open to open to criticism			Open Along Bit Lines Open Along Word Lines open ammunition space open amputation open amputation open amputation open an account with open an entryway open an inlet open and aboveboard Open and affirming Open and Affirming Sexual Orientation Support Open and closed lakes Open and closed maps Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Open and Distance Learning Quality Council Open and Dynamic Aspect Languages Open and Empty Open and Extract Open and Flexible Learning Environment Open and Free Technology Community open and notorious open and overboard Open and Prepay Station List Open and Scalable Intelligent Meter for Advanced Home Service Open and Secure Terminal Initiative open and shut Open and Shut Mouth open anesthesia open anesthesia open anesthesia Open angle glaucoma Open angle glaucoma Open angle glaucoma Open Angle Primary Glaucoma Open apple Open apple Open apple key Open apple key Open Application Group Open Application Middleware API Open Application Telephony Specification Open Application-Enabling Platform Open Applications Group Integration Specification Open Applications Group, Inc. Open Applications Interface Open Appraisal Document Interface open arc Open Arcade Architecture Forum Open Architectural Retrieval System Open architecture Open architecture Open architecture Open Architecture Air Defense System Open Architecture and Spatial Data Infrastructure for Risk Management Open Architecture Assessment Model Open Architecture Assessment Tool

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