proves the point
- validatesConfirms accuracy or legitimacy
- confirmsEstablishes as fact
- demonstratesShows by example
- case in pointExample proving a statement
- exactlyWith total accuracy
precisely · evidence · vindication · justification · QED · checkmate · told you so · nailed it · clinches · reinforces · substantiates · corroborates · underscores · illustrates · smoking gun · nail in coffin · speaks volumes · point taken
rhetorical outcome
proves the pointbackfires
Produces opposite effect
falls flat · blows up in one's face · shoots oneself in the foot · begs the question · neither here nor there