set in cement



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set in cement

Firmly or permanently established; not subject to change; unalterable. The healthcare law looks promising, but we'll have to wait until it's set in cement before we know exactly what it will do.
See also: cement, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Faustus-Ancient Roman
EmilijaEM-ee-lee-yah (Serbian, Croatian)Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Feige-Yiddish
Aicken['eikin]
Jaime (2)JAY-meeEnglish
Javierhah-VYERSpanish