once and for all

Thesaurus

Adv.

once and for all - in a conclusive way; "we settled the problem conclusively"conclusively

Translations

永远地

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(wans) adverb1. a single time. He did it once; If I could see her once again I would be happy.一次2. at a time in the past. I once wanted to be a dancer.曾经 conjunction when; as soon as. Once (it had been) unlocked, the door opened easily.一旦at once immediately. Go away at once!立刻(just) for once as an exception. Why can't you be nice to her for once? 仅这一次（作为例外） once and for all once and finally. Once and for all, I refuse!永远地once in a while occasionally. I meet him once in a while at the club.偶尔

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Permanently. Tom went back to the outpost to settle his feud once and for all. The president is hoping to silence critics once and for all with this latest law.See also: all, and, once

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finally; permanently. Sue: I'm going to get this place organized once and for all! Alice: That'll be the day! "We need to get this straightened out once and for all," said Bob, for the fourth time today.See also: all, and, once

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As a settled matter, finally, permanently, as in Once and for all, we're not hiring that organist again, or We've settled that question once and for all. This expression is in effect an abbreviation for "one time and for all time." [Late 1400s] See also: all, and, once

once and for all (or once for all)

now and for the last time; finally.See also: all, and, once

ˌonce and for ˈall

finally and definitely: I’ve decided once and for all that this city is not the place for me.See also: all, and, once

once and for all

Finally and decisively. This phrase, literally meaning “this one final time which will serve forever,” dates from the fifteenth century. The earliest appearance in print is in William Caxton’s translation of the Foure Sonnes of Aymon (ca. 1489): “We oughte to ask it of hym ones for all.”See also: all, and, once

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Synonyms for once and for all

adv in a conclusive way

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