A Foregone Conclusion

A Foregone Conclusion




Meaning:

A decision made before the evidence for it is known. An inevitable conclusion.



Example:







Origin:

From Shakespeare's Othello, 1604:

OTHELLO:

But this denoted a foregone conclusion:

'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.
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