B2idiomtimeIELTS-friendly
once and for all
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finally and completely, so that it does not need to happen again
Often with 'settle', 'sort out' or 'stop'. Compare 'for good', which just means permanently.
In context
Let's sort out this argument once and for all and then go to dinner.
She deleted the game from her phone to stop playing once and for all.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way