foregone conclusion

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foregone conclusion

Cliché a conclusion already reached; an inevitable result. That the company was moving to California was a foregone conclusion. That the mayor will win reelection is a foregone conclusion.

See also: conclusion, foregone

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One would have thought he must have understood that society was closed for him and Anna; but now some vague ideas had sprung up in his brain that this was only the case in old-fashioned days, and that now with the rapidity of modern progress (he had unconsciously become by now a partisan of every sort of progress) the views of society had changed, and that the question whether they would be received in society was not a foregone conclusion. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context That she would hate a soulless creature he accepted as a foregone conclusion. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Wolf Larsen looked curiously at him, as though about to probe and vivisect him, then changed his mind, as from the foregone conclusion that there was nothing there to probe. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context			for two cents for want of a better word For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ... for what it's worth for your information forage forbid forbidden fruit force force down force hand force in force of habit force off force on force or an animal from force out of force out of office force through force to be reckoned with force to the wall fore fore and aft foreclose on foregone foregone conclusion forelock-tugging forest forever forever and ever forewarn forewarn about Forewarned is forearmed forget forget about forget it Forget it! forget manners forget oneself Forget you! forgive Forgive and forget forgive for fork fork out fork over fork some money out forked form form an opinion form and substance			Forefront Identity Manager Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Forefront Online Security for Exchange ForeFront Records Forefront Security for Exchange Server FOREG Foregame Foreganger foregather foregather foregathered foregathering foregathering foregathers Foregift Foregleam forego forego forego foregoer foregoer foregoers foregoers foregoes foregoes foregoing foregoing foregone foregone foregone foregone conclusion Foregone Conclusions Foregone Conclusions Foregone Revenue foreground foreground foreground Foreground Channel foreground processing Foreground-Background Processor Sharing foreground/background foregrounded foregrounded foregrounding foregrounding foregrounds foregrounds FOREGS Foreguess foregut foregut foregut foreguts foreguts foreguts forehand forehand forehand forehand drive Forehand rent forehand shot

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