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seal someone's fate

seal someone's fate verb: 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.

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.

Forms of seal someone's fate

third-person singular presentseals someone's fate
present participlesealing someone's fate
past participlesealed someone's fate
pastsealed someone's fate

Questions about seal someone's fate

What does seal someone's fate mean?
Seal someone's fate means 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.
What part of speech is seal someone's fate?
Seal someone's fate is a verb.
What is the past tense of seal someone's fate?
The past tense of seal someone's fate is sealed someone's fate.

Words near seal someone's fate in the dictionary

  1. seal row
  2. seal rows
  3. seal salamander
  4. seal script
  5. seal scripts
  6. seal someone's fate
  7. seal stone
  8. seal stones
  9. seal the deal
  10. seal up
  11. seal'd

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