open the kimono
v. phr.— «“I went down to Xerox Development Corporation,” [Steve] Jobs said,…”and I said, ‘Look, I will let you invest a million dollars in Apple if you will sort of open the kimono at Xerox PARC.’”» —by Paul Freiberger Fire in the Valley , 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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