English Explanatory Dictionary

get to the fireworks factory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.

Word forms

get to the fireworks factory gets to the fireworks factory getting to the fireworks factory got to the fireworks factory gotten to the fireworks factory

Etymology

From the 1997 Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", which shows an episode of the fictional Itchy & Scratchy Show in which the characters' journey to a fireworks factory is interrupted by the anticlimactic arrival of a new character, Poochie; while watching the episode, Milhouse Van Houten wails, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!".

Synonyms

cut to the chase
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