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  • 1open-and-shut case — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| noun Etymology: so called from the fact that it may be closed as soon as opened : a case open to no doubts as to the legal principles to be applied and the necessary result * * * ˌopen and shut ˈcase f7 [open and shut case] noun a… …

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  • 2open-and-shut — adjective so obvious as to be easily solved or decided an open and shut case • Similar to: ↑obvious * * * adj straightforward, obvious, simple, clear, easily decided, easily solved * * * |ōp(ə)nən|shət adjective 1. : perfectly simple : obvio …

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  • 3open-and-shut — /oh peuhn euhn shut /, adj. immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open and shut case of murder. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 4open-and-shut — ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe a dispute or a legal case as open and shut, you mean that is easily decided or solved because the facts are very clear. It s an open and shut case. The hospital is at fault. ...an open and shut murder charge. Syn:… …

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  • 5Murder in the First — theatrical poster Directed by Marc Rocco …

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  • 6Murder Most Foul — Directed by George Pollock Written by David Pursall (screenplay) Agatha Christie (novel) Starring Margaret Rutherford Stringer Davis Ron Moody Bu …

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  • 7Murder of Jessica Lal — Jessica Lal 1965 1999 Born 5 January 1965(1965 01 05) India Died 29 April 1999 …

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  • 8open — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 a (of a room, field, or other area) having its door or gate in a position allowing access, or part of its confining boundary removed. b (of a… …

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  • 9case — noun 1 example ADJECTIVE ▪ classic, textbook, typical ▪ clear, obvious, simple ▪ It was a simple case of mistaken identity …

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