be one's fate
verb
Roget 156: chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's fate etc. 601; stumble on light upon; take one's chance etc. 621.
Roget 601: lie under a necessity; befated†, be doomed, be destined &c., in for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one's fate etc. n.. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help. ... show more
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