The decision to cancel the event was a foregone conclusion once the storm hit.

A foregone conclusion refers to an outcome that is anticipated or expected to happen based on the circumstances or evidence available. It suggests that the result is already determined or inevitable before it actually occurs.

It means that you knew the outcome before you wer aquanted with the paticular crcumstance. For example If some one was to fall out of an air plaine it would go without saying that you would be dead as soon as you hit the ground. This could be discribed as a foregone conclusion.

Othello, in Othello Act 3 Scene 3 says, "But this denoted a foregone conclusion: 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream." And no, he's not using a cliche; this is the first time that phrase was ever uttered by anyone.

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