come to a/the conclusion
1. To make a determination about someone or something. The jury came to the conclusion that the defendant is guilty. We've been turning over the evidence for nearly three days, and we're still no closer to coming a conclusion! After spending the last few nights thinking about what you said, I've come to the conclusion that I need to make some drastic changes in my life.
2. To reach an end point. If there are no other issues to discuss, then this meeting can come to a conclusion. That play's lengthy run on Broadway comes to a conclusion tonight. The graduation ceremony came to a conclusion with a few final remarks from the principal.
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come to a conclusion
1. to reach a decision. We talked for a long time but never came to any conclusion. Can we come to a conclusion today, or do we have to meet again?
2. [for a process] to reach the end and be finished. At last, the yearlong ordeal of buying a house came to a conclusion. I was afraid that the opera would never come to a conclusion.
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