get to the point

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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.

   Synonyms: cut to the chase, get on with it, come to the point

   Antonym: beat around the bush

   • 2014 July 1, Steve Rose, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: a primate scream - first look review”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Unlike Shakespeare, though, the dialogue is stripped to the bare minimum by the apes' rudimentary language, which is rather refreshing since everyone gets to the point.

Translations

State directly

• Bulgarian: изплю вам ка мъчето (izplju vam ka mǎčeto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 言歸正傳／言归正传 (zh) (yán guī zhèngzhuàn), 直奔主題／直奔主题 (zhíbèn zhǔtí), 開門見山／开门见山 (zh) (kāiménjiànshān)

• Danish: komme til sagen
• Finnish: mennä asiaan, mennä asian ytimeen, sanoa suoraan
• French: aller à l’essentiel (fr), en venir au fait (fr), aller droit au but (fr)
• German: auf den Punkt kommen (de), zur Sache kommen (de)
• Italian: venire al punto, venire al sodo, venire al dunque
• Jamaican Creole: mi come yah fi drink milk, mi nuh come yah fi count cow
• Japanese: 要点に触れる (yōten ni fureru)
• Korean: 거두절미(去頭截尾)하다 (ko) (geodujeolmihada)
• Norwegian: komme til poenget
• Russian: перейти́ к де́лу pf (perejtí k délu), (interjection) бли́же к де́лу! (ru) (blíže k délu!)
• Spanish: ir al grano
• Swedish: komma till saken

References

• “get to the point”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.