clinch it (for someone)

clinch it (for someone)
clinch it (for someone) informal phrase
to make you decide to do something that you were already thinking about

What clinched it for me was the smug look on his face when he thought he’d won.

Thesaurus: to become more definite, or to make something more definitesynonym
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