cut a long story short

To cut a long story short, there is no victory of the left without the broad alliance of all anti-establishment forces.

To cut a long story short, that didn’t go well: Several more rebellions followed, as did the Great Famine of the 1840s, which reduced Ireland’s population by almost half and permanently soured relations between the two islands.

"To cut a long story short, we founded our relationship in that car. It became my safe space for conversation and shouting and apologising and crying," Carner told the BBC.

"To cut a long story short, we founded our relationship in that car. It became my safe space for conversation and shouting and apologising and crying," he tells the BBC.

“To cut a long story short, they found 37 lesions, some very deep & difficult to remove, & a chocolate cyst.”