fait accomplinoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfet ə.kɒmˈpliː/us/ˌfeɪt ə.kɑːmˈpliː/plural faits accomplissomething 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 discussion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- initiative
- manoeuvre
- manoeuvring
- money
- up to
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