"the rest is history" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-the rest is history.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} the rest is history
  1. (idiomatic) An indication that one does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: handwave, wave of the hand Translations (used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story): 淨低嘅都係歷史 (Chinese Cantonese), 净低嘅都系历史 (Chinese Cantonese), 餘下的都是歷史 (Chinese Mandarin), 余下的都是历史 (Chinese Mandarin), de rest is geschiedenis (Dutch), ülejäänut te juba teate (Estonian), loppu on historiaa (Finnish), le reste est de l’histoire (French), on connaît la suite (French), der Rest ist Geschichte (German), il resto è storia (Italian), reszta jest historią (Polish), lo demás es historia (Spanish), resten är historia (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-the_rest_is_history-en-phrase-vDz0lucn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "And we said, “We're all going to agree on one name, and we're all going to start using it.” We voted on “sourceware” versus “open source,” and “open source” won. We had the press conference at five, and the rest is history.",
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      "sense": "used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story",
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      "sense": "used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story",
      "word": "il resto è storia"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story",
      "word": "reszta jest historią"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story",
      "word": "lo demás es historia"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story",
      "word": "resten är historia"
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