Idiom
the rest is history
Meaning
One does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We met at a party, and the rest is history.”
“They launched their small startup from a garage, and the rest is history.”
“He walked onto the stage as an unknown musician, but after that performance, the rest is history.”
Examples
simple
“We met at a party, and the rest is history.”
contextual
“They launched their small startup from a garage, and the rest is history.”
complex
“He walked onto the stage as an unknown musician, but after that performance, the rest is history.”
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