get to the point
Verb
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Verb
get to the point
- (idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.
- 2014, Steve Rose, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review ↗", The Guardian, 1 July 2014:
- Unlike Shakespeare, though, the dialogue is stripped to the bare minimum by the apes' rudimentary language, which is rather refreshing since everyone gets to the point.
- 2014, Steve Rose, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review ↗", The Guardian, 1 July 2014:
- cut to the chase, get on with it, come to the point
- French: aller à l'essentiel, en venir au fait, aller droit au but
- German: auf den Punkt kommen, zur Sache kommen
- Italian: venire al punto, venire al sodo, venire al dunque
- Russian: перейти́ к де́лу
- Spanish: ir al grano
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