MrPernickety  +  871620 Sat, 22 Aug 09 06:12 PM Hi,   When you say "I clinched the argument", do you mean that you settled the argument in your favor? Or you just stopped it from raging any further, regardless of which side won ?   Thanks ! MrPernickety Joined on Sat, Oct 25 2008 Regular Member 752 Amendment XXX to the US Constitution: No man shall be held accountable for any promise he makes while drunk unless it was a bet.

	Vorpar  +  871647 Sat, 22 Aug 09 07:18 PM Usually a baseball term, To clinch means that no matter how many future games the team loses, they will still finish in first place. I would say that clinching an argument means that you've argued to a point where you can no longer lose the argument. Settled it in your favor. Vorpar Joined on Tue, Sep 20 2005 Santa Barbara, CA Regular Member 940

	MrPernickety  +  872222 Sun, 23 Aug 09 05:56 AM Thanks ! MrPernickety