Definition of this once - Reverso English Dictionary

Adverb

exceptiononly for this time and not again

I'll help you this once, but not again.
I'll let you borrow my car this once.
You can stay up late this once, but don't make it a habit.

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just this once

adv.

only one time and not again

I'll let you borrow my car just this once.

for this once

adv.

on this occasion, making an exception

I'll let you go early for this once.

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French:exceptionnellement, ...
German:nur dieses eine Mal, ...
Italian:solo questa volta, ...
Spanish:solo por esta vez, ...
Portuguese:desta vez, ...
Chinese:就这一次, ...
Japanese:今回だけは, ...
Arabic:هذِهِ المَرَّة فَقَط, ...
Hebrew:הַפַּעַם בִּלְבַד, ...
Russian:только на этот раз, ...
Ukrainian:лише цього разу, ...
Hindi:सिर्फ इस बार, ...
Bengali:এই একবার, ...
Catalan:aquesta vegada, ...
Czech:tentokrát, ...
Danish:denne ene gang, ...
Dutch:voor deze ene keer, ...
Greek:μόνο αυτή τη φορά, ...
Hungarian:ezúttal, ...
Khmer:លើកនេះប៉ុណ្ណោះ, ...
Korean:이번만, ...
Persian:این یک بار, ...
Polish:wyjątkowo, ...
Portuguese (BR):só desta vez, ...
Romanian:doar de data asta, ...
Swedish:den här gången, ...
Thai:ครั้งนี้ครั้งเดียว, ...
Turkish:bu seferlik, ...
Vietnamese:lần này thôi, ...

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