Meaning:
Too late; after something is completed or finalized
Examples:
- Of course, the record of the Council meeting itself will also be available for anyone to refer to after the fact.
- That may be a gain, but only after the fact.
- Guffey was in your house, but probably after the fact.
- Obviously somebody deliberately erased the data after the fact. No.
- I think he can fix a test after the fact.
- As a result, decisions are frequently made after the fact.
- Five years after the fact, you get the money.
- You know what I found out after the fact?
- Usually, we don't know that, until after the fact.
- Well, why'd you put up the art after the fact?