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.