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Fait accompli

//ˌfeɪt.əˈkɔm.pli// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something which has already happened, before those affected had the chance to raise objections or queries; especially, such a thing that cannot be undone.

    "Thanks to a bureaucratic fait accompli, the demolition was already approved and has already started."

  2. 2
    an irreversible accomplishment wordnet
  3. 3
    An action or establishment that cannot be undone.

    "Near-synonyms: done deal, water under the bridge"

Etymology

Borrowed from French fait accompli (“a completed fact”), from fait (“a fact”) + accompli (“completed; accomplished”).

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