get to the point
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get to the point
verb gets to the point · getting to the point · got to the point · gotten to the point
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To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.
I don't have much time, so could you please get to the point.
Similar: cut to the chase, get on with, come to the point · Opposite: beat around the bush
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, to, the, point. We got to the point where we don't know how to continue.
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verb state directly
| Español | ir al grano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거두절미(去頭截尾)하다 geodujeolmihada |
| 日本語 | 要点に触れる yōten ni fureru |
| 中文 | 言歸正傳 /言归正传 yán guī zhèngzhuàn, 直奔主題 /直奔主题 zhíbèn zhǔtí, 開門見山 /开门见山 kāiménjiànshān |
| Português | ir direto ao assunto |
| Français | aller à l'essentiel, en venir au fait, aller droit au but |
| Deutsch | auf den Punkt kommen, zur Sache kommen |
| Italiano | venire al punto, venire al sodo, venire al dunque |
| Русский | перейти́ к де́лу perejtí k délu, бли́же к де́лу! blíže k délu! |
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