suffice it to say
English
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[edit]Optative clause with the verb suffice in the present subjunctive form, thus “may it be sufficient to say”.
Phrase
[edit]- An introduction to a statement that will be brief, indicating that further discussion would be futile, too lengthy, too private, etc.
- 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.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- 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.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
- 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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