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  What it means

  Literally “the door handle has clicked shut.” Means a decision has been made and cannot be undone — the door is closed, there’s no going back. “The die is cast,” “it’s a done deal.”

  Vocabulary

  • klamka — door handle, latch
  • zapaść — to fall, to click shut, to be decided

  Grammar note

  'Zapadła' is feminine past perfective of 'zapaść' — agreeing with 'klamka' (feminine). The click of a latch is the point of no return.

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