A foregone conclusion
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a foregone conclusion
aforementioned 前述的 如前所述

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a foregone conclusion
a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

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a foregone conclusion
a certain conclusion, a predictable result
That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.


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A foregone conclusion
Origin
From Shakespeare's Othello.
OTHELLO: But this denoted a foregone conclusion:
'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream.


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