in a nutshell

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Expression

Expression in a nutshell

1. (idiom) If an editor says something in a nutshell, he or she is putting it simply or giving a summary using few words.

   The proposal was a hundred pages long, but it meant, in a nutshell, that a new park would be made.

Synonyms

• in summary
• essentially
• for short
• in other words
• overall

Related words

• in
• nut
• shell
• nutshell