without further ado

Idioms

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]

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

So without further ado, here are 10 of my favorite books about technology, power, AI and Silicon Valley this year:

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

So, without further ado, here are her answers!

From Salon • May 11, 2023

So without further ado, here are the awards and the winners — along with the lawmakers they work for:

From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Hermione was immediately cleared to continue with Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Herbology, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and Potions, and shot off to a first-period Ancient Runes class without further ado.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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