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foregone conclusion
noun
- an inevitable conclusion or result.
- a conclusion, opinion, or decision formed in advance of proper consideration of evidence, arguments, etc.
foregone conclusion
noun
- an inevitable result or conclusion
Word History and Origins
Origin of foregone conclusion1
Example Sentences
Without mitigation, she added, major fires will be a foregone conclusion in a place where aggressive suppression has created a large accumulation of fuel and conflagrations that are hotter and more difficult to suppress.
He thought it was a foregone conclusion and he didn't expect that he would have to actually do anything.
“The Bear” may have lost in what is considered to be an upset, but if it weren’t in the running a “Hacks” win would have been a foregone conclusion.
Most US states lean either so strongly Democratic or so strongly Republican that the result is a foregone conclusion.
Watt was able to dismiss both the Australian batters in the same over but the match was a foregone conclusion by that point, with Inglis and Stoinis able to knock off the remaining 33 runs.
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