seal one's fate

Decide what will become of one, as in The letter of rejection sealed his fate; he'd have to apply to other medical schools. This term employs seal in the sense of "permanently fix or fasten something," a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Downs	[daunz]
Vitalis	-	Late Roman
Janina	yah-NEE-nah (Polish, German), YAH-nee-nah (Finnish)	Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian
Isaija	-	Serbian, Macedonian
Dudda	-	Anglo-Saxon
Kylli	KUYL-lee	Finnish