couru d'avance
French edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from an expression such as la course était courue d'avance (“the race was already run, the race was as good as run”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
couru d’avance (feminine courue d’avance, masculine plural courus d’avance, feminine plural courues d’avance)
- foregone, predictable
- Synonym: prévisible
- C’était couru d’avance. ― It was a foregone conclusion.