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open-and-shut case

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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-and-shut case of suicide. He left a suicide note.
See also: case


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Cool, classy and sexy, this is killer chick-lit featuring sassy parole officer Krissie, who suddenly finds herself out of her depth when an open-and-shut case proves to be anything but.
ASHES TO ASHES (BBC One, 9pm) WHEN Gene and Alex stumble on the body of one Colin Mitchell in the canal, it looks like an open-and-shut case.
Advertising someone's position - which is effectively what Hicks did - while they are still in it is an open-and-shut case for constructive dismissal.
 
 
 
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