without further ado

Idioms  

1. Also, without more ado. Without more work, ceremony, or fuss. For example, Without further ado they adjourned the meeting and went home, or And now, without more ado, here is our speaker of the day. This idiom has one of the few surviving uses of the noun ado, meaning “what is being done.” (Another is much ado about nothing.) [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

All right, without further ado, let’s get this episode started.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

Numbers tell all — and so without further ado, here they are:

From Washington Times • May 23, 2023

So, without further ado, here's a definitive ranking of Trader Joe's best classic snacks, arranged from my least favorite to the absolute best.

From Salon • May 12, 2023

“Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, put your hands together for the one, the only Beyoncé,” he declared.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Seated, Emily gave an efficient shake of her milk carton and asked without further ado, “Do you like to study?”

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord