1. Home
2. Idioms
3. in the interest of saving time

in the interest of saving time

---

---

in the interest of saving time

in order to hurry things along; in order to save time. Mary: In the interest of saving time, I'd like to save questions for the end of my talk. Bill: But I have an important question now! "In the interest of saving time," said Jane, "I'll give you the first three answers."

See also: interest, of, saving, time