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that was it

that was it phrase: finished. There was nothing more to the issue.

Phrase

that was it

  1. Finished. There was nothing more to the issue.
    • 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.2008 March 17, Maggie Brown, The Guardian
    • 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.2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 38

Questions about that was it

What does that was it mean?
That was it means finished. There was nothing more to the issue.
What part of speech is that was it?
That was it is a phrase.

Words near that was it in the dictionary

  1. that time of the month
  2. that tired feeling
  3. that train has already left the station
  4. that train has left the station
  5. that was a joke, Joyce
  6. that was it
  7. that was not the wind
  8. that was that
  9. that was then and this is now
  10. that was then, this is now
  11. that was then; this is now

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