Idiom
once and for all
Meaning
Conclusively, finally, permanently.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to finish this once and for all.”
“She deleted his number once and for all, knowing she would never call him again.”
“The treaty was signed once and for all, ending centuries of bitter conflict between the two neighboring nations.”
Examples
simple
“I need to finish this once and for all.”
contextual
“She deleted his number once and for all, knowing she would never call him again.”
complex
“The treaty was signed once and for all, ending centuries of bitter conflict between the two neighboring nations.”
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