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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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A go by, forgone conclusion
Call it over-confidence or just stating a plain fact, India's vice-captain Virender Sehwag termed Bangladesh as an ordinary Test side which cannot surprise the visiting team in the series starting with the first Test tomorrow.
In a pre-series press conference which was full of one-line answers, Sehwag chose to give subtle hints and implied meanings a go by and declared that the result of the two-match Test series was a forgone conclusion.
"Bangladesh can surprise other teams in one-dayers but not in Test cricket. They are an ordinary side in Tests. I don't think they can beat us," he told reporters.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23276/Bangladesh-is-an-ordinary-Test-side-Sehwag
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts.
I guess, though, "forgone conclusion" means "The result of the match is very known but they are abstaining from saying it explicitly".
In a pre-series press conference which was full of one-line answers, Sehwag chose to give subtle hints and implied meanings a go by and declared that the result of the two-match Test series was a forgone conclusion.
"Bangladesh can surprise other teams in one-dayers but not in Test cricket. They are an ordinary side in Tests. I don't think they can beat us," he told reporters.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23276/Bangladesh-is-an-ordinary-Test-side-Sehwag
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts.
I guess, though, "forgone conclusion" means "The result of the match is very known but they are abstaining from saying it explicitly".
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to give them a go by = not to bother with them / to avoid them "Forgone conclusion" is sort of a fixed expression. You're correct that it's "very known" - it's no secret - but I've never thought that not saying so is part of the package. But I suppose it could include that sense.
- to give them a go by = not to bother with them / to avoid them "Forgone conclusion" is sort of a fixed expression.
- You're correct that it's "very known" - it's no secret - but I've never thought that not saying so is part of the package.
- But I suppose it could include that sense.
- ) Actually, I think what we forgo are the usual calculations and debates necessary to arrive at the conclusion.
- ) Edit.
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to give them a go by = not to bother with them / to avoid them
"Forgone conclusion" is sort of a fixed expression. You're correct that it's "very known" - it's no secret - but I've never thought that not saying so is part of the package.
But I suppose it could include that sense. To forgo something is to give it a go by (to borrow your first expression.) Actually, I think wh
"Forgone conclusion" is sort of a fixed expression. You're correct that it's "very known" - it's no secret - but I've never thought that not saying so is part of the package.
But I suppose it could include that sense. To forgo something is to give it a go by (to borrow your first expression.) Actually, I think wh
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