Phrases with "ONCE"

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ONCE phraseswith

allatonce

suddenlyandunexpectedly.

Allatoncetherewasaloud crashingsound.

atonce

1)immediatelyorwithout delay

WhenIsawhimIrecognized himatonce.

2)atthesametime:

Ican’tdotwothingsatonce!

(just)foronce

usedwhensomething happensthatdoesnotusually happen:

ForonceColinwas speechless.

Justforoncehearrivedon time.

oncea...,alwaysa... spokenusedtosaythat somebodycannotchange

Onceathief,alwaysathief.

Onceanactor,alwaysan actor.

onceagain oncemore/onemoretime /anothertime

Onceagainthetrainwas late.

Thefairwasonceagaina tremendoussuccess.

onceandforall

1)completelyandinaway thatwillfinallysolvea problem.

Weneedtosettlethisonce andforall.

2)UKspoken-usedto emphasizeyour impatiencewhenyouask orsaysththatyouhave askedorsaidmanytimes before

Onceandforall,willyou bequiet!

oncebitten, twiceshy

usedtosaythatifyou havefailedorbeenhurt once,youwillbe morecarefulnexttime.

AfterHarrywassickonthe rollercoaster,Idon'tthink he'llgoononeagain–once bitten,twiceshy!

oncetoooften dosomethingoncetoooften tocausetroublefor yourselfbyrepeating dangerous,stupid,or annoyingbehaviour

Hetriedthattrickoncetoo oftenandintheendthey caughthim

theonce(UKInformal) Ononesingleoccasion.

Heonlydidittheonce.

I'veonlyplayedrugbythe once,andIneverwantto playitagain.

(just)thisonce usedforemphasizingthat thisistheonlytimethat somethingwillhappen

Goon,lendmethecar,just thisonce.

I’llmakeanexceptionthis once.

once-over

(every)onceinawhile sometimesbutnotoften:

Wemeetforlunchoncein awhile.

Makesureyoutakeabreak everyonceinawhile.

givesth/sbtheonce-over tolookatandexamine something

orsomeonequickly:

Shegavetheroomaquick once-overbeforethe guestsarrived.

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