one-and-done
one-and-done · one-and-dones
Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done againSomething that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.
Meaning
4 senses(idiomatic, informal)Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.
(slang)A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.
John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players.
(US, informal)The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it.
A family in which the parents decide to have only one child.
Forms
plural: one-and-dones| Singular | one-and-done |
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