put facts on the ground
Meanings
verb
- To quietly or incrementally change the de facto situation in one's favor in order to win a legal dispute.
Word forms
Etymology
Used by early leaders of the Zionist movement to refer to staking a claim to disputed land in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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