to make a long story short

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to make a long story short (spoken)

as a way to avoid a long explanation, I am going to give only the basic facts To make a long story short, I was young and ambitious and I thought I could beat the guy.

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) To make a long story short, however, father carried his point, as usual; mother basely deserted me at the last moment, and, after holding out alone for three days, I told them to do with me what they pleased A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context Well, to make a long story short, we got a few hands on board, made a good cruise home, and the HISPANIOLA reached Bristol just as Mr. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context Well, to make a long story short, we found the island and the treasure--a great iron-bound oak chest, wrapped in many layers of oiled sailcloth, and as strong and firm as when it had been buried nearly two hundred years ago. Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			to be safe to be said for to be sneezed at to beat the band to begin with to boot to call own to cap it all to coin a phrase to credit to cut a long story short to date to death to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way to put it mildly to put too fine a point on it to say nothing of to say the least to shout about to some extent to speak of to that effect to the best of ability to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the core to the ends of the earth to the fore to the four winds to the gunwales to the hilt to the last to the letter to the manner born to the max			To lose one's heart To lose one's life To lose one's mind To lose the bell To lose the fang To lot on To Love Forever To love ru To lower the yards a-portoise To luff round To magnify one's self To magnify one's self against To make (a thing) one's business To make a bed To make a book To make a card To make a choice of To make a circuit To make a clean breast To make a dead set To make a face To make a fool of To make a good board To make a lip to make a long story short To make a march To make a move To make a point To make a point of To make a stand To make account To make account of To make an ass of one's self To make an out To make as if To make away To make away with To make book To make both ends meet To make common cause with To make conscience of To make dainty To make ducks and drakes To make fair weather To make fast To make foul water To make free with To make friends with To make fun of

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