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and that's flat!

UK informal

Definition

used to tell someone that the decision you have just announced will not change even if they try to persuade you to change it: I'm not coming, and that's flat!CertaintyConfidence and self-assurance
(Definition of and that's flat! from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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