one and done
adj.— «Queens College hopes to improve on last season’s quarterfinal effort, when it was one-and-done. “I told my teammates, ‘I didn’t come here to play just one game,’” junior Jolene Christopher said. “I’ve come here to play a few.”» —“Speaking the same language” by John Boell Newsday (N.Y.) Dec. 2, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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