in the books

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in the books

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  1. idiomatic Finished; concluded; able to be regarded as a matter of record. Two Bird swishes and a Johnny Davis three-point air ball later, the victory was in the books.

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中文蓋棺論定 /盖棺论定 gàiguānlùndìng

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@misc{in_the_books_2026,
  title = {in the books},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20the%20books},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}