federal case

noun

: big deal
don't make a federal case out of it

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Wang resigned from the City Council on Monday after reaching an agreement to resolve the federal case. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Cruz’s attorneys in the federal case and his agents at the Ballengee Group declined comment. Dennis Lin, New York Times, 9 May 2026 Nationwide, large numbers of federal cases have fallen apart after prosecutors charged protesters, government critics, immigrants and others arrested at messy demonstrations during immigration operations with assaulting or interfering with officers. Brian Rokos, Daily News, 7 May 2026 What started as a delayed flight out of Atlanta quickly turned into a federal case. Christopher Harris, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for federal case

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First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of federal case was in 1950

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“Federal case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20case. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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