once and for all

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once and for all

adverb

  1. idiomatic, not comparable Conclusively, finally, permanently. They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.

    Similar: for good, once for all, eventually, finally, for good and all, in conclusion, in fine, in the end, at the last, lastly, once and for all, ultimately

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adv conclusively, finally, permanently

Españolde una vez, de una vez por todas, de una vez para siempre
日本語きっぱりと kippari-to, 今度限り kondo-kagiri
中文一勞永逸 /一劳永逸 yīláoyǒngyì
Portuguêsde uma vez por todas
Françaisune fois pour toutes, pour de bon
Deutschein für allemal, ein für alle Mal
Italianouna volta per tutte
Ελληνικάάπαξ δια παντός ápax dia pantós
Românăodată pentru totdeauna
Русскийраз и навсегда́ raz i navsegdá
Tiếng Việtmãi mãi, vĩnh viễn
العربيةإِلَى الأَبَد ʔilā l-ʔabad
עבריתאחת ולתמיד

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@misc{once_and_for_all_2026,
  title = {once and for all},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/once%20and%20for%20all},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}