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Piece of the puzzle

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Photo of a jigsaw puzzle
The idiom piece of the puzzle means one part of a larger situation. You might use this idiom if you have just solved an important part of a larger problem. The origin is from jigsaw puzzles.

This clue was an important piece of the puzzle.

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