"end of story" meaning in All languages combined

See end of story on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} end of story
  1. (colloquial) Indicating that is as much as one knows, or one is prepared to reveal or is willing to discuss regarding the subject. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: end of Synonyms (that is as much as I know, etc): end of, full stop [UK], period [US], that's that
    Sense id: en-end_of_story-en-phrase-Cjc-z1b3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pro-sentences, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English pro-sentences: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'that is as much as I know, etc': 98 2
  2. (colloquial) That is the definitive fact; there can be no argument. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: end of discussion, EOD Translations (there can be no argument): 結束 /结束 (jiéshù) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-end_of_story-en-phrase-C7QgN089 Disambiguation of 'there can be no argument': 3 97

Alternative forms

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