seal someone's fate

English

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)

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.

See also

• fatalism
• fait accompli

Further reading

• “seal someone's fate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “seal someone's fate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “seal one's fate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “seal someone's fate”, in Collins English Dictionary.