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fait accompli

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fait accompli /ˌfeɪt əˈkɒmpli/

▶noun a thing that has been done or decided, leaving those affected with no option but to accept it.

– origin C19: from Fr., lit. ‘accomplished fact’.

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