slam dunk

slam dunk


NOUN
basketball
a shot in which a player thrusts the ball forcefully down through the basket:
"they won on a slam dunk with two seconds remaining""a slam-dunk competition"
VERB
basketball
thrust (the ball) forcefully down through the basket:
"I do know that when they slam-dunk the ball we celebrate""he could slam-dunk like a bandit!"
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slam dunk

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"sure thing":
The phrase "slam dunk" has since entered popular usage in American English, meaning a "sure thing": an action with a guaranteed outcome, or a similarly impressive achievement, in the same way that the baseball-inspired phrases "step up to the plate" or "he hit it out of the park" were more commonly used in previous years.
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Welcome to ELL, Deppy. We expect people to do a little research before asking a question.In this case, you could look up slam dunk in a good dictionary, for example this one; merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slam and you would find that it means a sure thing - eg this case is a slam dunk .If you are unsure what this might mean in a legal situation, please edit your answer to explain what you don't understand. –


See this wikipedia article, especially:

The phrase "slam dunk" has since entered popular usage in American English, meaning a "sure thing": an action with a guaranteed outcome, or a similarly impressive achievement, in the same way that the baseball-inspired phrases "step up to the plate" or "he hit it out of the park" were more commonly used in previous years.

It means guaranteed, or an open-and-shut case, implying that the actual trial is just a formality - so overwhelming is the evidence.

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shoo-in noun

Definition of shoo-in
: one that is a certain and easy winner
Synonyms for shoo-in
Synonyms

cinch, lock, slam dunk, sure thing
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First Known Use of shoo-in
1937, in the meaning defined above