Case closed
phrase
phrase ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Phrase
- 1 Expressing finality, that that preceding material is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation.
"[…]he would no more tell a grunt in uniform what he was really thinking than he'd drop his pants and wag the weasel at a formal diplomatic function. Some things were simply not done by professionals. Full stop. Case closed."
- 2 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A case is closed; specifically, a police investigation or similar is resolved.
"The bodies of the deceased were removed from the scene to the Suffolk County medical examiner's office in Hauppauge.[…] As you can see from the report, Nikki Hale was the only one who was impaired. Case closed."
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More examples"[…]he would no more tell a grunt in uniform what he was really thinking than he'd drop his pants and wag the weasel at a formal diplomatic function. Some things were simply not done by professionals. Full stop. Case closed."