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that's that

that's that phrase: there is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter and is not up for discussion or debate.

Phrase

that's that

  1. (idiomatic) There is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter and is not up for discussion or debate.
    • It is quite simple. You're grounded for a week and that's that!
    • Oh well, that’s that then.

Examples of that's that in a sentence

  • "So that's that," said I to myself, as I watched them scampering.1872, Samuel Butler, chapter 6, in Erewhon […] , London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC:
  • So that's that, and let's talk about something else.1908, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 17, in The Primadonna:

Synonyms of that's that

Forms of that's that

alternative formthat is that

Questions about that's that

What does that's that mean?
That's that means there is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter and is not up for discussion or debate.
How do you use that's that in a sentence?
"So that's that," said I to myself, as I watched them scampering.
What part of speech is that's that?
That's that is a phrase.

Words near that's that in the dictionary

  1. that's on periodt
  2. that's right
  3. that's saying something
  4. that's someone's funeral
  5. that's something
  6. that's that
  7. that's that on that
  8. that's the bunny
  9. that's the spirit
  10. that's the stuff
  11. that's the thing

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