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once_and_for_all

once and for all

English

Adverb

once and for all ‎(comparative more once and for all, superlative most once and for all)

(idiomatic) Finally, permanently, conclusively.
They replaced the door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.

Translations

Finally, permanently, conclusively

Armenian: մեկ և ընդմիշտ ‎(mek ew əndmišt)
Bulgarian: веднъж завинаги ‎(vednǎž zavinagi)
Catalan: d'una vegada
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一勞永逸 (zh), 一劳永逸 (zh) ‎(yīláoyǒngyì)
Czech: jednou provždy
Finnish: lopullisesti (fi)
French: une fois pour toutes (fr)
Georgian: ერთხელ და სამუდამოდ ‎(ertxel da samudamod)
German: ein für allemal

Hebrew: פעם אחת ולתמיד
Hungarian: egyszer s mindenkorra
Japanese: きっぱりと ‎(kippari-to), 今度限り ‎(こんどかぎり, kondo-kagiri)
Latin: semel pro semper
Portuguese: de uma vez por todas
Russian: раз и навсегда́ (ru) ‎(raz i navsegdá)
Spanish: de una vez, de una vez para siempre
Swedish: en gång för alla
Tagalog: wakasan
Ukrainian: раз і назавжди́ ‎(raz i nazavždý)

See also

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