fait accompli

/ˌfeɪt əˌkɒmˈpliː/

something already done and irreversible

fait accompli in a sentence

“By the time we arrived, the merger was a fait accompli.”

French: fait fact/deed (past participle of faire to do) + accompli accomplished/completed; literally accomplished fact

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