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A Foregone Conclusion
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.
OTHELLO:
But this denoted a foregone conclusion:
'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.