make a long story short
Example Sentences
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“To make a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my ’67 Corvette, and my cat,” Mr. Biden said with a chuckle.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
"To make a long story short, everyone loved the smoked turkey, and I am now responsible for the one-and-only turkey each year," Hill adds.
From Fox News ● Nov. 21, 2021
To make a long story short: The proposal wasn’t aimed at examining every little transaction in your bank account, and would not have accomplished that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
And to make a long story short, we communicated that to the folks at the White House that we can’t sign off on this.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 26, 2019
Father suddenly remembered he needed to stomp off and do some very important thing or another, and to make a long story short, they didn’t stay for dinner.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
