seal someone's fate in English

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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} seal someone's fate (third-person singular simple present seals someone's fate, present participle sealing someone's fate, simple past and past participle sealed someone's fate)

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        "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."
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          "word": "fatalism"
        },
        {
          "word": "fait accompli"
        }
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"seal someone's fate" meaning in English

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