that was that

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that was that

  1. simple past of that's that
    • 1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 112:
      The pricker was used to level the fire half-way up the bank and that was that.
    • 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 42:
      So that was just about that as far as the cops were concerned.