Usually means: Final, conclusive resolution or decision.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word once and for all:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. once and for all: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. once and for all: Merriam-Webster
  3. once and for all: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. once and for all: Collins English Dictionary
  5. once and for all: Vocabulary.com
  6. once and for all: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. once and for all: Wiktionary
  8. once and for all: Dictionary.com
  9. Once and For All (novel), Once and for All: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. once and for all: Rhymezone
  11. once and for all: FreeDictionary.org
  12. once and for all: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. once and for all: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. once and for all: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. once and for all: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. once and for all: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (once and for all)

▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) Conclusively, finally, permanently.

Similar:
conclusively, once for all, for good and all, finally, definitively, concludingly, permanently, altogether, ever after, everlastingly, more...

Opposite:
indefinitely, repeatedly, continuously, ongoing

Adjectives:
forever, ever, everduring, everburning, perpetuall, everlasting, eviternal, round-the-clock, everliving, eterne, agelong

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Similar:
conclusively, once for all, for good and all, finally, definitively, concludingly, permanently, altogether, ever after, everlastingly, more...

Opposite:
indefinitely, repeatedly, continuously, ongoing

Adjectives:
forever, ever, everduring, everburning, perpetuall, everlasting, eviternal, round-the-clock, everliving, eterne, agelong



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