suffice it to say
phraseEtymology
Optative clause with the verb suffice in the present subjunctive form, thus “may it be sufficient to say”.
Definitions
An introduction to a statement that will be brief, indicating that further discussion…
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.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for suffice it to say. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA