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that ship has already sailed

that ship has already sailed is the alternative form of that ship has sailed.

Meaning of that ship has sailed

Phrase

that ship has sailed

  1. That opportunity has already passed; it is too late to do anything about it.
    • Let me make it plain that I am not urging a return to fixed rates. That ship has sailed. The example, however, should serve to make us cautious when taking other fundamental steps in the future. That brings me to a subject of more current interest in the deregulation debate, the establishment of a...1979, Lawrence G. Goldberg, Lawrence J. White, editors, The Deregulation of the Banking and Securities Industries, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 137

Questions about that ship has already sailed

What is that ship has already sailed the alternative form of?
That ship has already sailed is the alternative form of that ship has sailed.

Words near that ship has already sailed in the dictionary

  1. that is to say
  2. that much
  3. that old dog won't hunt
  4. that one
  5. that said
  6. that ship has already sailed
  7. that ship has sailed
  8. that tears it
  9. that there
  10. that time of the month
  11. that tired feeling

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