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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signed, sealed, and delivered

Don’t leap before you have your next role signed, sealed and delivered.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025

The plea agreement was all but signed, sealed and delivered when it was presented in a Delaware federal court in July 2023, whereupon it stood to be swiftly consummated 999 times out of 1,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024

"Investors do think it's going to pass. But until it's signed, sealed and delivered, there is always the element of what if."

From Reuters ● May 31, 2023

LANDRUM: This award should be signed, sealed and delivered to Rodrigo.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

This deed was signed, sealed, and delivered by the natives in due form.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John