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Commonwealth, Ireland, UK The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). the final period / the final full stop
figuratively A decisive end to something. [S]pielberg was keen to stress that The Fabelmans is not a full stop: “It is not because I decided to retire, and this is my swan song, don’t believe that.”
A complete stop. The train moved slowly, very slowly, but at least it was moving, and the customers were grateful even for indecisive motion going their way. Just outside the Nassau border, in Queens, the train came to a full stop.

colloquial Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate. We need more people to join IRC, full stop.

alternative Alternative form of full-stop.full-stop The instructor didn't call the tower to let them know that a newbie was going out, so I told them myself that it was my first solo and to be REAL NICE TO ME. They were, and the controller congratulated me when I full stopped (the controller I got was the one I can always understand the best, which w