"seal someone's fate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: seals someone's fate [present, singular, third-person], sealing someone's fate [participle, present], sealed someone's fate [participle, past], sealed someone's fate [past]
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  1. To prevent (a decision, event, etc.) from being influenced or changed by a willful act; to preempt someone's future actions by deciding the course of events ahead of time. Related terms: fatalism, fait accompli
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