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(and) that's that (and) that's thatThat is final; the issue is settled or completed. You are going to your sister's recital and that's that! No more complaining. That's that! I just send the proofs to the printer. Let's just say that's that and be done with it.See also: thatAnd that's that.That is final and nothing more needs to be said. I refuse to go with you and that's that!See also: and, thatThat's that!Inf. That is the end of that! Nothing more can be done. Tom: Well, that's that! I can do no more. Sally: That's the way it goes. Doctor (finishing an operation): That's that! Would you close for me, Sue? Sue: Nice job, Doctor. Yes, I'll close.that's thatAlso, that takes care of that. There's no more to be said or done; the matter is finished, the issue is settled. For example, Dad's not buying you a television set, and that's that, or We've paid all we owe, and that takes care of that. [Early 1800s] See also: thatthat's that 1. People say that's that to say that something is finished or has been dealt with. Once all my hair had gone I could just say `Well, it's happened and that's that.' `Well that's that, then,' he said with relief. `Now I can go.'2. People say that's that to show that they will not accept any arguments. We're going out and that's that.See also: thatthat's that there is nothing more to do or say about the matter.See also: that(and/so) ˌthat’s ˈthat used to show that something is finished or decided, and there should be no more discussion or argument: So that’s that. At last we’re all agreed. ♢ You’re going to bed now, and that’s that! I don’t want any argument!See also: thatThat’s that! exclam. That is final!; That is the end of it! I said no, and that’s that! that's thatThat’s all; that finishes it. This expression may have begun life as that’s for that; James Kelly’s Scottish Proverbs (1721) stated, “That’s for that. . . . Spoken when a thing fits nicely what it was design’d for.” The present-day locution dates from the early twentieth century, and there are several variants: and that is that; and that’s that; well, that’s that. All of them became current in the middle of the century. See also that does it. See also: that |