once and for all

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   now and for the last time; finally or completely

In the movies · 33

• and head for the Maltese Riviera, once and for all.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• Listen to me, once and for all.Witness for the Prosecution1957
• I want this understood once and for all!Sons of the Desert1933
• Once and for all.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• ...that I have once and for all...Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005
• Set him straight once and for all.The Holdovers2023
• Tell me once and for all.Sense and Sensibility1995
• once and for all.Anne of Green Gables1985

Learn it in full scenes

• Witness for the Prosecution1957
  • Sir Wilfrid Goes Home
  • Sir Wilfrid Hides Cigars in His Cane
  • Vole Tries to Hire Sir Wilfrid
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• all at once
• at once
• for once
• going once, going twice, sold
• once again
• once a…, always a
• once bitten, twice shy
• once in a blue moon
• once in a while
• once or twice
• once too often
• once upon a time

More idioms

• for real
• i'm afraid
• by myself
• be a good thing
• take place
• no longer
• along with
• be too late
• the thing is
• find your way
• in a hurry
• i told you