rest one's case
English
editVerb
editrest one's case (third-person singular simple present rests one's case, present participle resting one's case, simple past and past participle rested one's case)
- (law) To conclude one's presentation of the evidence during a trial.
- (figurative, by extension, humorous) To have presented a persuasive argument and established one's position firmly.
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editFurther reading
edit- “rest one's case”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “rest your case” (US) / “rest your case” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.