that was it

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Phrase[edit]

that was it

  1. Finished. There was nothing more to the issue.
    • 2008 March 17, Maggie Brown, The Guardian:
      Channel 4's ambitious plans to move into digital radio were largely ignored last week at its glitzy presentation. There was a single line from its director of television, Kevin Lygo, who mentioned a launch "later this year" and that was it.
    • 2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 38:
      At 0508 on July 18 1981, the last freight train plunged into the 3-mile 66-yard Woodhead Tunnel at Dunford Bridge. [...] As it emerged back into the daylight at Woodhead at 0514, heading west, that was it for this famous railway line.

Translations[edit]