long story short

Main Entry:	long story short
Part of Speech:	adv
Definition:	phrase used to introduce a shortened account of events
Example:	Long story short, I made a big mistake.
Usage:	slang

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long story short definition

phr.
to make a long story short. : Then the guy comes over, and—long story short—“You got a match?”

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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