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Open-and-shut   /ˈoʊpən-ənd-ʃət/   Listen
Open-and-shut

adjective
1.
So obvious as to be easily solved or decided.






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"Open-and-shut" Quotes from Famous Books



... day by day, word by word, hint by hint—his eye on the future loyalty of the Everett faction at the polls—he made the candidate understand that Arba Spinney was a man to be reckoned with—that the convention was not an open-and-shut certainty for the machine. Without realizing how it had come about, Everett found himself discussing "political exigencies." Without knowing that he had been selected as a martyr for his party, he committed ...
— The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day



Words linked to "Open-and-shut" :   obvious



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