"get to the point" meaning in Anglais

See get to the point in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \ˈɡɛt tu ðə pɔɪnt\ Audio: En-au-get to the point.ogg
  1. Aller à l’essentiel, aller droit au but. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: fr-get_to_the_point-en-verb-dWPqAfaO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut to the chase, get on with it

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for get to the point meaning in Anglais (1.2kB)

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    " ",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Anglais dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-08-05 from the frwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-01 using wiktextract (ec0369a and 6aeea9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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