Crossword

[jhtc]

Put the bag down and stop making excuses(4,4,4) ????/o?e?/??s?

[trudim]

could it be something like make ones case although I am not too happy with the first word

[d0gsb0dy]

How about: Drop one's case?

[kosoro]

Lays Ones Case

[valerieb1254]

Could it be Rest One's Case

[Quizmonkey]

REST ONE'S CASE sounds best and fits the cryptic part - but surely not the definition? Can't think what else it can be though...

[Quizmonster]

'Rest one's case' fits both elements perfectly satisfactorily, it seems to me.

[Quizmonkey]

To 'stop making excuses'??? Since when did to 'rest one's case' mean that?

[Quizmonster]

The people most noted - for obvious reasons - for using the words: "I rest my case" are lawyers. Usually, they have been presenting evidence on behalf of a client in an effort to excuse him/her of any guilt for the crime being considered. Clearly, then, when the lawyer stops making the excuses he hopes will exonerate the person in the dock, he has reached the point at which it makes sense to say: "I rest my case." QED

[jhtc]

Thank you all it was "Rest ones case"