once and for all

once and for all

English

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• Hyphenation: once and for all

Adverb

once and for all (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Finally, permanently, conclusively.

   They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.

Translations

Finally, permanently, conclusively

Armenian: մեկ և ընդմիշտ (mek ew əndmišt) Asturian: d'una vez Bulgarian: веднъж завинаги (vednǎž zavinagi) Catalan: d'una vegada (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 一勞永逸／一劳永逸 (zh) (yīláoyǒngyì) Czech: jednou provždy Esperanto: definitive Finnish: lopullisesti (fi) French: une fois pour toutes (fr) Friulian: une volte par simpri Georgian: ერთხელ და სამუდამოდ (ertxel da samudamod) German: ein für allemal, ein für alle Mal (de) Greek: άπαξ δια παντός (ápax dia pantós) Ancient: καθάπαξ (kathápax) Hebrew: פעם אחת ולתמיד‎ Hungarian: egyszer s mindenkorra Italian: una volta per tutte (it) Japanese: きっぱりと (kippari-to), 今度限り (こんどかぎり, kondo-kagiri) Latin: semel pro semper Latvian: reiz par visām reizēm Norwegian: Bokmål: en gang for alle Nynorsk: ein gong for alle Polish: raz na zawsze, raz a dobrze Portuguese: de uma vez por todas Romanian: odată pentru totdeauna Romansch: ina giada per adina Russian: раз и навсегда́ (ru) (raz i navsegdá) Spanish: de una vez, de una vez por todas, de una vez para siempre Swedish: en gång för alla Tagalog: wakasan Turkish: nihai olarak, son olarak Ukrainian: раз і назавжди́ (raz i nazavždý)

See also

• for good
• once for all