Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparableConclusively, finally, permanently.
They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.
Synonyms: for good, once for all, eventually, finally, for good, for good and all, in conclusion, in fine
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbConclusively, finally, permanently.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a conclusive way
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek καθάπαξ
- καθάπαξ (kathápax)conclusively, finally, permanently
Arabic إِلَى الأَبَد
- إِلَى الأَبَد (ʔilā l-ʔabad)conclusively, finally, permanently
Bulgarian веднъж завинаги
- веднъж завинаги (vednăž zavinagi)conclusively, finally, permanently
Catalan d'una vegada
- d'una vegadaconclusively, finally, permanently
Chinese Mandarin 一勞永逸 /一劳永逸
- 一勞永逸 /一劳永逸 (yīláoyǒngyì)conclusively, finally, permanently
Czech jednou provždy
- jednou provždyconclusively, finally, permanently
Dutch voor eens en altijd, voorgoed
- voor eens en altijdconclusively, finally, permanently
- voorgoedconclusively, finally, permanently
Esperanto definitive
- definitiveconclusively, finally, permanently
Finnish lopullisesti
- lopullisesticonclusively, finally, permanently
French une fois pour toutes, pour de bon
- une fois pour toutesconclusively, finally, permanently
- pour de bonconclusively, finally, permanently
German ein für allemal, ein für alle Mal
- ein für allemalconclusively, finally, permanently
- ein für alle Malconclusively, finally, permanently
Greek άπαξ δια παντός
- άπαξ δια παντός (ápax dia pantós)conclusively, finally, permanently
Hebrew אחת ולתמיד
- אחת ולתמידconclusively, finally, permanently
Hungarian egyszer s mindenkorra
- egyszer s mindenkorraconclusively, finally, permanently
Italian una volta per tutte
- una volta per tutteconclusively, finally, permanently
Japanese きっぱりと, 今度限り
- きっぱりと (kippari-to)conclusively, finally, permanently
- 今度限り (kondo-kagiri)conclusively, finally, permanently
Latin semel pro semper
- semel pro semperconclusively, finally, permanently
Latvian reiz par visām reizēm
- reiz par visām reizēmconclusively, finally, permanently
Norwegian Bokmål en gang for alle
- en gang for alleconclusively, finally, permanently
Polish raz na zawsze, raz a dobrze
- raz na zawszeconclusively, finally, permanently
- raz a dobrzeconclusively, finally, permanently
- raz a porządnieconclusively, finally, permanently
Portuguese de uma vez por todas
- de uma vez por todasconclusively, finally, permanently
Romanian odată pentru totdeauna
- odată pentru totdeaunaconclusively, finally, permanently
Russian раз и навсегда́
- раз и навсегда́ (raz i navsegdá)conclusively, finally, permanently
Spanish de una vez, de una vez por todas
- de una vezconclusively, finally, permanently
- de una vez por todasconclusively, finally, permanently
- de una vez para siempreconclusively, finally, permanently
Swedish en gång för alla
- en gång för allaconclusively, finally, permanently
Tagalog wakasan
- wakasanconclusively, finally, permanently
Turkish nihai olarak, son olarak
- nihai olarakconclusively, finally, permanently
- son olarakconclusively, finally, permanently
Ukrainian раз і назавжди́
- раз і назавжди́ (raz i nazavždý)conclusively, finally, permanently
Vietnamese mãi mãi, vĩnh viễn
- mãi mãiconclusively, finally, permanently
- vĩnh viễnconclusively, finally, permanently
Yiddish איינמאָל פֿאַר אַלעמאָל
- איינמאָל פֿאַר אַלעמאָל (eynmol far alemol)conclusively, finally, permanently
Cite this entry
once and for all. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/once%20and%20for%20all
“once and for all.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/once%20and%20for%20all. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “once and for all,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/once%20and%20for%20all.
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