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.

Examples of end of story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everybody should be accountable to the rule of law, period, end of story. The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023 For over a year, Chair Gensler has made his view clear: in his mind, all digital assets—other than bitcoin—are securities, end of story. Marisa Coppel, Fortune Crypto, 29 June 2023

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“End of story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20of%20story. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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