make a long story short
Intermediate (B1) informal
To tell only the most important parts of a story.
"To make a long story short, I quit the job and started my own business."
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Joe Rogan Experience #2314 - Hal Puthoff
PowerfulJRE · 89:03
Anyway, make a long story short,
Oprah Winfrey on Career, Life, and Leadership
Stanford Graduate School of Business · 6:47
So to make a long story short,
Heres Johnny / The Honorable DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show
DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show · 42:29
[snorts] Well, make a long story short,
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
Lex Fridman · 169:50
of this, and to make a long story short,
The REAL Root Cause of All Chronic Disease is NOT What You Think… | Dr. Thomas Levy
Jesse Chappus · 95:59
To make a long story short, we covered that.