rest one's case

rest 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)

1. (law) To conclude one's presentation of the evidence during a trial.
2. (figurative, by extension, humorous) To have presented a persuasive argument and established one's position firmly.

• I rest my case
• the case rests

• “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.