once and for all
Conclusively, no repeats
Once and for all means definitively and permanently, with no possibility of revisiting the matter.
The phrase emphasizes finality—a decision, action, or resolution that settles something completely: Let's settle this once and for all.
It often signals impatience with prolonged uncertainty or repeated attempts: I'm going to quit smoking once and for all.
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- final answerIrrevocable submitted response
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- foreverFor all time
end · end of story · no turning back · no going back · point of no return · ultimate · finally · settled · put to rest · case closed · decisively · permanent · lasting · draw a line · nail in the coffin · absolutely · positively · resolved
- resolutionslose weight, quit smoking, save money, eat healthy, get fit
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- eternityeternity, everlasting, eternal, timeless, perpetuity
once and for alltentatively
Without full commitment
temporarily · provisionally · inconclusively · for now · for the time being
once and for allrepeatedly
Many times over
again and again · over and over · time after time · perpetually · continually