"once and for all" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-once and for all.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} once and for all (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Conclusively, finally, permanently. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: for good, once for all, finally Translations (conclusively, finally, permanently): καθάπαξ (kathápax) (Ancient Greek), إِلَى الأَبَد (ʔilā l-ʔabad) (Arabic), մեկ և ընդմիշտ (mek ew əndmišt) (Armenian), d'una vez (Asturian), веднъж завинаги (vednǎž zavinagi) (Bulgarian), d'una vegada (Catalan), 一勞永逸 (Chinese Mandarin), 一劳永逸 (yīláoyǒngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), jednou provždy (Czech), voor eens en altijd (Dutch), voorgoed (Dutch), definitive (Esperanto), lopullisesti (Finnish), une fois pour toutes (French), pour de bon (French), une volte par simpri (Friulian), de vez (Galician), ერთხელ და სამუდამოდ (ertxel da samudamod) (Georgian), ein für allemal (German), ein für alle Mal (German), άπαξ δια παντός (ápax dia pantós) (Greek), פעם אחת ולתמיד (Hebrew), egyszer s mindenkorra (Hungarian), una volta per tutte (Italian), きっぱりと (kippari-to) (Japanese), 今度限り (kondo-kagiri) (alt: こんどかぎり) (Japanese), semel pro semper (Latin), reiz par visām reizēm (Latvian), en gang for alle (Norwegian Bokmål), ein gong for alle (Norwegian Nynorsk), raz na zawsze (Polish), raz a dobrze (Polish), raz a porządnie (Polish), de uma vez por todas (Portuguese), odată pentru totdeauna (Romanian), ina giada per adina (Romansch), раз и навсегда́ (raz i navsegdá) (Russian), de una vez (Spanish), de una vez por todas (Spanish), de una vez para siempre (Spanish), en gång för alla (Swedish), wakasan (Tagalog), nihai olarak (Turkish), son olarak (Turkish), раз і назавжди́ (raz i nazavždý) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
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      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
      "word": "wakasan"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
      "word": "nihai olarak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
      "word": "son olarak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "raz i nazavždý",
      "sense": "conclusively, finally, permanently",
      "word": "раз і назавжди́"
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  "word": "once and for all"
}

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