I rest my case
Point proven, done
I rest my case is a courtroom phrase lawyers use when they've finished presenting evidence.
Outside legal settings, it's used triumphantly when something just happened that proves your point: He said he wasn't clumsy, then immediately knocked over his coffee. I rest my case.
- mic dropTriumphant performance-ending gesture
- drop the micDramatic performance-ending gesture
- open and shutRequiring no deliberation
- debateFormal argument on issues
- closing argumentLawyer's final courtroom address
closing statement · assertion · evidence · burden of proof · enough said · say no more · final word · end of story · objection · conclusion · done and dusted · QED · verdict · testimony · defense · argumentation · presentation · rebuttal
- conversation endersend of story, final word, last word, that settles it, done
I rest my caseopening statement
First formal address
opening remarks · opening argument · first of all · to begin with · preamble
I rest my caseI stand corrected
Acknowledging being wrong
I was wrong · I concede · point taken · you win · fair enough
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