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Just tell me the gist of the matter.gist = main point(s)
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It's a 300-page report, but the gist of it is that the plan won't work.gist = main point
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She was not at all coherent, but this was the gist of it. (source)gist = essential points
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Connor might not know all the particulars, but he knows the gist. (source)gist = main points
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Within a day, the gist of Mishka's comments were shared with the authorities; within a week, they were set down word for word. (source)gist = main point(s)
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We don't have time to go through it all, but I'll tell you the gist of it. (source)gist = the main point(s) of a more detailed matter
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Like all the lessons at the Institute, this one was a barrage of details — pages and pages worth — but the gist was that sickness, like a hungry predator, lurked in every nook and cranny. (source)gist = main point
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I used the time in between to read about mushrooms and talk to mycolo gists.† (source)
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He got the gist, however. (source)gist = main point(s)
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But any schoolboy who gists a D had better learn.† (source)
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She didn't say exactly those words, but I got the gist of it. (source)gist = the main point(s)
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Sadly, the filmmakers had gotten most of the specifics wrong, but the basic gist was there—a secret society communing to celebrate the magic of sexual union. (source)gist = main point
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The gist of his reply was: "I have to study too, you know, and if I can't do that in the afternoons, I won't be able to fit it in at all." (source)
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They tried to keep the tale of Askew's den from Grandpa, but he got the gist of it. (source)gist = the main point(s) of a more detailed matter
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The basic gist was this: ... (source)
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But the gist of the story, as they knew it in the end, was as follows. (source)
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