Usually means: Permanently fixed, unchangeable decision or plan.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. set in stone: Merriam-Webster
  2. set in stone: Vocabulary.com
  3. set in stone: Wiktionary
  4. set in stone: Dictionary.com
  5. Set In Stone, Set in Stone (Brian McFadden album), Set in Stone (Lord album), Set in Stone (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. set in stone: Rhymezone
  7. set in stone: FreeDictionary.org
  8. set in stone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. set in stone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set in stone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set in stone: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set in stone: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set in stone: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (set in stone)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Permanent; certain; firm.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To render something permanent, certain, or firm.

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