that ship has sailed

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  1. That opportunity has already passed; it is too late to do anything about it.
    — Let me make it plain that I am not urging a return to fixed rates. That ship has sailed. The example, however, should serve to make us cautious when taking other fundamental steps in the future. That brings me to a subject of more current interest in the deregulation debate, the establishment of a national market system.

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