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fait accompli

 
Dictionary: fait ac·com·pli   ('tä-kôN-plē', fĕt'ä-) pronunciation
n., pl., faits ac·com·plis ('tä-kôN-plē', -plēz', fĕt'ä-).
An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact.

[French : fait, fact + accompli, accomplished.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an irreversible accomplishment
  Synonym: accomplished fact


 
 

 

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