Meaning of suffice it to say | Babel Free

Definitions

An introduction to a statement that will be brief, indicating that further discussion would be futile, too lengthy, too private, etc.

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Examples

“Suffice it to say that we will not be buying you any more cars in the future.”

“There are different theories as to what may have happened precisely. Suffice it to say that we’ve never seen him again.”

“Suffice it to say, that we did, after incredible hardships and privations, reach the Zambesi, which proved to be about a hundred and seventy miles south of where Billali left us.”

“Xeltan: I cannot speak more about this problem; it is too sensitive. Suffice it to say, she has compromised my authority as a diplomat.”

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