the damage is done

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the damage is done

1. The harm has occurred, and nothing can be done to prevent it now; it might have been preventable, but cannot be prevented retroactively.

   By the time Jack can get there it will be too late. The damage will have been done.

• no use crying over spilt milk
• the die is cast
• what's done is done
• you can't unring a bell
• you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube

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