end of story

noun phrase

informal
—used to say that there is nothing more to say about something
He yelled at me, and I left. End of story.

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Families in our community deserve to feel safe in their homes and confident that their health and safety are being protected - period, end of story. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 May 2026 Birds lost, mammals won, end of story. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026 Guys, Emma Stone is the biggest Spice Girls fan in the world, period, end of story. — Julia Emmanuele, People.com, 13 July 2025 Nobody would want to affiliate themselves with a pedophile, end of story. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025 Get the recipe Buttery Toasted Pecans Pecans are the South's favorite nut—end of story. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025 When an artist paints two objects standing side by side on a flat surface, the rules of perspective say that whichever one’s bottom is lower is closer to us, end of story, but for Morandi that’s just the start. — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025

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“End of story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20of%20story. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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