long short story

a short story that takes a long time to tell

*Over complicates story and adds details that are unnecessary.*
"Anyways, long short story..."
*Continues to over complicate story and add details that are unnecessary.*

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Long Story Short

Taking a long story and summarizing its main points, skipping over unnecessary details

I wanted to tell you all about my amazing day , but long story short, I totaled your car!!

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long story short

Something a person says halfway through a long, pointless story with trivial details that are interesting to nobody except the storyteller.

(Fifteen minutes of droning blather). Long story short, (fifteen more minutes of rambling digressions.)

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Long Story Short

A phrase describing the process of eliminating the silly extraneous nonsense, and delivering only the good stuff, that's long story short.

After a 10 day trip across the Heartland, well...long story short...we got engaged!

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long story short

to summarize a longer story (short for to make a long story short)

Yes, but long story short you need to work harder.

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