get to the point
To reach the most important or crucial part of something. OK, I have to leave soon, so please get to the point of your story. These are only short presentations, so each of you will need to get to the point quickly. OK, everyone, I don't want to waste any time, so let's get right to the point.
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get to the point (of something)
Fig. to arrive at a discussion or explanation of the purpose of something. Please get to the point of all this. Will you kindly get to the point?
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get to the point, to
To speak plainly; to address the main issue. This expression, which in British parlance is usually phrased come to the point, dates from Chaucer’s time. Chaucer himself wrote in the “Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, “This is the poynt, to speken short and pleyn.”
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