Get to the point

How it is used

Common in meetings, presentations, editing, and feedback when people want the key message sooner. It can sound blunt, so speakers often soften it with please.

Example sentences

1. We only have ten minutes left, so please get to the point before the finance team joins the call.

   Here it pushes the speaker to give the key information immediately because another group is about to join and time is limited.

2. Her draft introduction was interesting, but the editor asked her to get to the point by the second paragraph.

   In this writing example, the phrase means the main message should appear early, not after a long and slow buildup.

Common collocations

• please get to the point
• get to the point quickly
• just get to the point

Related terms

• agendaA list of the topics that will be discussed in a meeting, usually in the order they will be covered and shared with attendees beforehand.
• wrap upTo finish a meeting, discussion or piece of work, usually by summarizing the main points and agreeing on the next steps.

More terms: Office Idioms and Phrases

• touch base
• heads-up
• on the same page
• keep me posted
• ballpark figure
• bandwidth
• circle back
• low-hanging fruit
• get the ball rolling
• back to the drawing board
• drop the ball
• on my radar