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that's that

  1. Also, that takes care of that. There's no more to be said or done; the matter is finished, the issue is settled. For example, Dad's not buying you a television set, and that's that, or We've paid all we owe, and that takes care of that. [Early 1800s]



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“I always say there’s one thing for sure I know about where oil and gas prices are going, and that’s that I don’t know.”

“Even so, I don’t want to put a child of mine through all this. No children, and that’s that. I just have to figure out how to tell Constance. She’s got babies on the brain lately.”

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“I seriously can’t put into words how much it means to me that we’ve created something that’s that special. that everyone knows about now.”

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"No contract, no insurance, no pension. If you die, that's that. After your burial, you're forgotten," Sacko said.

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I don’t think that’s that interesting of a story.

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