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open and shut

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o⋅pen-and-shut

[oh-puhn-uhn-shuht]
–adjective
immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
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open and shut

Simple, straightforward, easily solved, as in With three eyewitnesses, the prosecutor said this case was open and shut. This term suggests that one has immediate access to the facts of a situation. [c. 1840]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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