"get to the point" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get to the point.ogg Forms: gets to the point [present, singular, third-person], getting to the point [participle, present], got to the point [past], got to the point [UK, participle, past], gotten to the point [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> to the point}} get to the point (third-person singular simple present gets to the point, present participle getting to the point, simple past got to the point, past participle (UK) got to the point or (US) gotten to the point)
  1. (idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: cut to the chase, get on with, come to the point Translations (State directly): изплю вам ка мъчето (izplju vam ka mǎčeto) (Bulgarian), anar al gra (Catalan), 言歸正傳 (Chinese Mandarin), 言归正传 (yán guī zhèngzhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 直奔主題 (Chinese Mandarin), 直奔主题 (zhíbèn zhǔtí) (Chinese Mandarin), 開門見山 (Chinese Mandarin), 开门见山 (kāiménjiànshān) (Chinese Mandarin), komme til sagen (Danish), mennä asiaan (Finnish), mennä asian ytimeen (Finnish), sanoa suoraan (Finnish), aller à l’essentiel (French), en venir au fait (French), aller droit au but (French), auf den Punkt kommen (German), zur Sache kommen (German), venire al punto (Italian), venire al sodo (Italian), venire al dunque (Italian), mi come yah fi drink milk, mi nuh come yah fi count cow (Jamaican Creole), 要点に触れる (yōten ni fureru) (Japanese), 거두절미(去頭截尾)하다 (geodujeolmihada) (Korean), komme til poenget (Norwegian), ir direto ao assunto (Portuguese), перейти́ к де́лу (perejtí k délu) [perfective] (Russian), бли́же к де́лу! (blíže k délu!) [interjection] (Russian), ir al grano (Spanish), komma till saken (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way."
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          "roman": "izplju vam ka mǎčeto",
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          "word": "изплю вам ка мъчето"
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          "sense": "State directly",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "言歸正傳"
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          "sense": "State directly",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "開門見山"
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          "sense": "State directly",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "State directly",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "mennä asiaan"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "mennä asian ytimeen"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "sanoa suoraan"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "aller à l’essentiel"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "en venir au fait"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "aller droit au but"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "auf den Punkt kommen"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "zur Sache kommen"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "venire al punto"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "venire al sodo"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "venire al dunque"
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        {
          "code": "jam",
          "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "mi come yah fi drink milk, mi nuh come yah fi count cow"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōten ni fureru",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "要点に触れる"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geodujeolmihada",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "거두절미(去頭截尾)하다"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "komme til poenget"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "ir direto ao assunto"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perejtí k délu",
          "sense": "State directly",
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          "word": "перейти́ к де́лу"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "blíže k délu!",
          "sense": "State directly",
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          "word": "бли́же к де́лу!"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "ir al grano"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "State directly",
          "word": "komma till saken"
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        "(idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way."
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          "word": "get on with"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "izplju vam ka mǎčeto",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "изплю вам ка мъчето"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "anar al gra"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "言歸正傳"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yán guī zhèngzhuàn",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "言归正传"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "直奔主題"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíbèn zhǔtí",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "直奔主题"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "開門見山"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāiménjiànshān",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "开门见山"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "komme til sagen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "mennä asiaan"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "mennä asian ytimeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "sanoa suoraan"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "aller à l’essentiel"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "en venir au fait"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "aller droit au but"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "auf den Punkt kommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "zur Sache kommen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "venire al punto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "venire al sodo"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "venire al dunque"
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      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "mi come yah fi drink milk, mi nuh come yah fi count cow"
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      "roman": "yōten ni fureru",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "要点に触れる"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geodujeolmihada",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "거두절미(去頭截尾)하다"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "komme til poenget"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "ir direto ao assunto"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perejtí k délu",
      "sense": "State directly",
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      "word": "перейти́ к де́лу"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blíže k délu!",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "tags": [
        "interjection"
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      "word": "бли́же к де́лу!"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "ir al grano"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "State directly",
      "word": "komma till saken"
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  "word": "get to the point"
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