after the fact

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   after sth has happened or been done, when it is too late to prevent it or change it

   We ve never had to prove a possession after the fact

   This is a proprietary process.

In the movies · 3

• We ve never had to prove a possession after the factThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It2021
• This is a proprietary process.The Spanish Prisoner1997
• Mr. Porter... with the jury having convicted you in count one of accessory after the fact to murder, I sentence you to the high term of three years.Felon2008
• We can try you as accomplice to that murder after the fact.Changeling2008
• But that's after it happens, it's after the fact, it's too late.Fahrenheit 9/112004
• Of course, after the fact. But the competitionThe Spanish Prisoner1997
• I was informed, after the fact, that my father's...The King's Speech2010
• and the puny excuse, well after the fact...Adam's Rib1949

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