fait accompli

I believe you would have surrendered to the fait accompli—yes, I believe you would!

Now, obviously, if I killed all the poppies in the world, that would be a fait accompli.

It is the meaning of truth as fait accompli which is here defined.

The suicide was a fait accompli at last, and Roddy Prinn was no more.

And this, of course, remains to you, since the marriage is a fait accompli?

I have no enemies, but as a friend I wish I could persuade you to accept the fait accompli.

In reality, it was no longer a conjecture, but a fait accompli.

No protest was made; and the fait accompli was duly accepted by the Powers (May 23).

“In quarters where the fait accompli is an object of solicitude,” said Yeovil.

The new chapter of the fait accompli had been written that night and written well.