cut a long story short
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Anyway, to cut a long story short: I felt obliged to make it work, especially given the gifts and time he invested.
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Anyway, to cut a long story short: I felt obliged to make it work, especially given the gifts and time he invested.
From MarketWatch
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.
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"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.
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"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.
From BBC
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