CUT A LONG STORY SHORT

cut a long story short: translation

make a long story short & cut a long story short

to leave out parts of a story to make it shorter; to bring a story to an end. (A formula that introduces a summary of a story or a joke. See also long story short.) •

And— to make a long story short—I never got back the money that I lent him.

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If I can make a long story short, let me say that everything worked out fine.