From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfull stopˌfull ˈstop1 ●●○ noun [countable] British EnglishTCN a point (.) that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word SYN period American English Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.
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full stop• She gulped wine and set her glass down firm as a full stop.• The termination codon is denoted by a full stop.• Will Tie Rack come to a full stop?• Her life had simply come to a full stop.• And like an artist, she had chosen the moment, the scene of the full stop.• Third, in forcing an end of a tone group at this point, the full stop also foregrounds the previous rheme.full stopfull stop2 interjection British English informal CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYused at the end of a sentence to emphasize that you do not want to say any more about a subject SYN period American English I don’t have a reason. I just don’t want to go, full stop.Examples from the Corpus
full stop• He didn't ask any questions full stop.• Period, full stop, as Dionne would say. 