to end all
idiom
: being the final or ultimate version of something because nothing else comparable could follow
The company claims that its new product will be a/the computer to end all computers.
World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
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Watch on Max Scream The meta horror movie to end all other meta horror movies, the original Scream might have outgrown some of its more garish fashions (most of them worn by Courteney Cox’s Gayle Weathers), but the story is still solid.
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Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
Believer had a huge task to carry out as a sequel to the possession movie to end all possession movies, so comparisons to William Friedkin’s Exorcist are unfair.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
Only by credibly threatening to end all assistance to Islamabad can Washington convince Pakistan’s leaders that genuine cooperation is in their best interest.
—Stephen D. Krasner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2011
The winning side gets to the partake in the party to end all baseball celebration parties while the losing side laments what went wrong inside a quiet clubhouse as teammates shake hands, say their goodbyes and hope for better things about a year from now.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
Believer had a huge task to carry out as a sequel to the possession movie to end all possession movies, so comparisons to William Friedkin’s Exorcist are unfair.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
Only by credibly threatening to end all assistance to Islamabad can Washington convince Pakistan’s leaders that genuine cooperation is in their best interest.
—Stephen D. Krasner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2011
The winning side gets to the partake in the party to end all baseball celebration parties while the losing side laments what went wrong inside a quiet clubhouse as teammates shake hands, say their goodbyes and hope for better things about a year from now.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“To end all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20end%20all. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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