Once and for good
Posted by ESC on May 10, 2007
In Reply to: Once and for good posted by Francesca Johnson on May 10, 2007
: What is the origin of "once and for good"? Is it only used in Britain, or also in America?
The way I've heard it in the United States: once and for all. "I'm telling you once and for all (for the last time) stop doing that."
www.merriam-webster.com/ dictionary/once%20and%20for%20all
- Once and for good Victoria S Dennis 10/May/07