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Hard stop

A firm deadline that will be extended three times before anyone actually meets it.

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Examples: - "Friday is a hard stop for this project - no extensions." - "We have a hard stop at 5 PM for the client presentation." - "Hard stops are just soft suggestions that get ignored anyway."

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Other Definitions of "Hard stop"

A firm end time due to another commitment, which is corporate speak for 'I have somewhere more important to be' or 'I've reached my limit of pretending to care.'

"Examples: - "I have a hard stop at 3 PM for another meeting." - "We need to respect everyone's hard stops in this meeting." - "My hard stop is whenever I can't take any more corporate jargon.""

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