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 More results

? References in classic literature

) 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

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