long story short
- 1Used when you tell only the ending or main point of a story, not all the details.
Like skipping to the last page of a book to find out how it ends.
Long story short, we missed the bus and had to walk home.
I tried three stores looking for that game, and long story short, they were all sold out.
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Origin
A short form of "to cut a long story short" and "to make a long story short."