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Phrase(s): an open-and-shut case
a simple and straightforward situation without complications. (Often said of criminal cases where the evidence is convincing.) • The murder trial was an open-and-shut case. The defendant was caught with the murder weapon. • Bob’s death was an open-andshut case of suicide. He left a suicide note.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs