golden ticket

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Aqualification, person or thing that can providepositiveopportunities.1998,Harvard Magazine, Volume 101,page67:So the Harvard diploma is now, more than ever, agolden ticketto a certain kind of success.2006, Ange Picillo,How I Became the President of the Self-Centered Club for Men‎[1], page 2:The shiny brass trumpet that Pop bought was hisgolden ticketout of Poorville and onto the streets of the three F's Fame, Fortune and Freedom.2010,Melinda Doolittle, Ken Abraham,Beyond Me,ZONDERVAN,unnumbered page:A staffer handed me the covetedgolden ticket, indicating that I had been invited to Hollywood, and I danced out the door.

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