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Learn to pronounce fait ac·com·pli

/ˌfāt əˌkämˈplē,ˌfet əˌkämˈplē/
noun
a thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it.
"the results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli"

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a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible; he charged that the members were presented with a fait accompli instead of being called to a meeting.
something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed: The policy change was presented to us as a fait accompli, without consultation or ...
The noun fait accompli, pronounced "fate uh-COM-plee," describes something that has already happened. It often refers to a change or decision made by some ...
Fait accompli is a French phrase commonly used to describe an action that is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it.
Often said of something irreversible and/or performed without going through standard procedure, completed before those affected by it are in a position to ...
countable noun [usu sing] If something is a fait accompli, it has already been decided or done and cannot be changed.
an accomplished fact; a thing already done: The enemy's defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender.
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something that has been done and cannot be changed. By the time we learned about the decision, it was already a fait accompli.
fait accompli is a borrowing from French. See etymology. Nearby entries. fairy walk, n.