signed, sealed, and delivered

Idioms  

1. Completed satisfactorily, as in The house is sold—signed, sealed, and delivered. This idiom refers to a legal deed, which to be valid had to be signed by the seller, sealed with a wax seal, and delivered to the new owner. It began to be used more loosely in the first half of the 1900s.

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Example Sentences

"We have the contents of the black box, everything completed, signed, sealed and delivered," said Villanueva.

From BBC

"It’s completed, signed, sealed, and delivered. However, we can’t release it without the permission of the people involved in the collision."

From Fox News

However, Ms Streeter said that whether it would be a success or not "is far from signed, sealed and delivered", adding that there had "long been under-investment in automation" in the service.

From BBC

Some Tampa Bay fans won’t exhale until the Brady deal is signed, sealed and delivered.

From Los Angeles Times

“We don’t have a breakthrough until it’s in black and white, on paper — signed, sealed and delivered,” he said.

From New York Times