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once and for all

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As a settled matter, finally, permanently, as in Once and for all, we're not hiring that organist again , or We've settled that question once and for all . This expression is in effect an abbreviation for “one time and for all time.” [Late 1400s]

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Pham then motioned for the heckler to come onto the field, where presumably he would address the spat once and for all, man to man.

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He resisted the ordination of women, declaring that Pope John Paul II had once and for all ruled out the possibility.

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In a 2024 campaign video, Trump declared that "We are going to get this anti-American insanity out of our institutions once and for all. We are going to have real education in America."

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"We will bring in tough new laws to ensure the OfS can quickly stop bad actors gaming the system once and for all."

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"This would bring jobs to the area and stop the fires once and for all."

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