case closed

phrase

Expressing finality, that that preceding material is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. Expressing finality, that that preceding material is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation.

    "And I your God say no angel of mine will ever marry a female human being. And that is final!" "Positively final?" I asked in a firm, steady voice. "Yes! Doubly positively final! Case closed!"

    2011, Dominick Ricca, "The Salvation of Satan", in Would You Like to Be White? and Other Stories, Xlibris (self-published), page 403 http://books.google.com/books?id=YVr6Rw8UaioC&pg=PA403&dq=case
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    […]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.

    2007, Ripple Effect, page 13
  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.

    2009, Brad Thor, The Apostle, Atria, →ISBN

Translations

Finnish loppuunkäsitelty
  • loppuunkäsiteltya case is closed
French l'incident est clos
  • l'incident est closa case is closed
Hungarian ügy/téma lezárva
  • ügy/téma lezárvaa case is closed
Japanese 一件落着
  • 一件落着 (ikken rakuchaku)a case is closed
Korean 일단락
  • 일단락 (ildallak)a case is closed
Māori kua kēhi
  • kua kēhia case is closed
Polish sprawa zamknięta
  • sprawa zamkniętaa case is closed
Russian де́ло закры́то
  • де́ло закры́то (délo zakrýto)a case is closed
Cite this entry
APA

case closed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/case%20closed

MLA

“case closed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/case%20closed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “case closed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/case%20closed.

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