put down in black and white

Aye, everything we order has got to be put down in black and white.

Patrice Hazzard was the name they put down in black and white.

Those nuances of conversation can't be put down in black and white, but they're the sort of things one doesn't really make mistakes about."

"But the figures, the statistics, the converts-all those things were listed and put down in black and white."

Sure, one team will gain more points and drink more champagne, but no amount of numbers put down in black and white can tell the true story.

Or had it been spelled out, put down in black and white, in some depository or depositories in the galaxy?

There was no real reason to make an entry in it now, but I was somewhat excited and had a feeling that perhaps what had just happened should be put down in black and white.

It sounds grotesque when put down in black and white; but then it would have sounded equally grotesque a year ago if he had said that he would build up a huge practice in a twelvemonth.