unlock

(noun) the solution, approach, or response needed to achieve progress against a particularly knotty problem, as in “We’ve identified three unlocks that will help the ministry make progress on the issue of primary education” ; similar to the solve or the ask, this jargon takes a verb and repurposes it as a noun; changing the usual part of speech is arresting, which is partly responsible for its popularity1

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