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单词 to cut a long story short
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to cut a long story short

idiomUK(USto make a long story short);(alsospokenlong story short)
used when you areexplainingwhathappenedin a few words, without giving all thedetails:
Hewantedto be adoctorbut, tocutalongstoryshort, heendedup as apharmacist.
Longstoryshort: shesoldthepainting.
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(Definition ofto cut a long story shortfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/to-cut-a-long-story-short##
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