Grammar fix
a foregone conclusion
inevitable outcome
a result or decision that is certain to happen and cannot be avoided, often because everything leading up to it makes it obvious.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
- With their star player back on the team, victory was a foregone conclusion.daily life
- In my opinion, given the current trends in technology, it's almost a foregone conclusion that more jobs will become automated in the near future.IELTS speaking
Fix the pattern
Pattern: it is/was a foregone conclusion (that) + clause | something is a foregone conclusion
WrongIt was a forgone conclusion.
RightIt was a foregone conclusion.
Spelled 'foregone' (fore + gone), not 'forgone'.
Patternit is/was a foregone conclusion (that) + clause | something is a foregone conclusion
Use it right
Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.
The idiom packs 'obvious in advance' into three words; the paraphrase is clunky.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
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Don't confuse it
Unlike simply saying 'an obvious result' or 'an expected outcome', 'a foregone conclusion' emphasizes that there was never any real doubt about the result.