once and for all

phrase

1
: with finality : definitively
The team proved once and for all that they are the best.
2
: for the last time
I'm telling you once and for all that I'm not going.

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Both parties must eradicate the socialist virus once and for all. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Gruinard’s contamination was now headline news, and just a few years later, the government sent a major taskforce to the Highlands to tackle the islands’ unwelcome visitors once and for all. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 From the wilderness beauty to the diverse cuisine to the chance to hunt Sasquatch down once and for all, the country has something for everyone. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 30 July 2026 Ready to solve your plantar fasciitis woes, once and for all? — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for once and for all

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