Case Closed Meaning
Example: The above is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation.
2007, Ripple Effect, page 13 [1]:
[…] 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.
2011, Dominick Ricca, "The Salvation of Satan", in Would You Like to Be White? and Other Stories, Xlibris (self-published), ISBN 9781456863555, page 403 [2]:
"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!"
Used other than as an idiom: A case is closed; specifically, a police investigation or similar is resolved.
2009, Brad Thor, The Apostle, Atria, ISBN 1416586741 [3]:
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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