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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bachelet[batʃelet]
TapioTAH-pee-o (Finnish)Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Bosse-Swedish
EdwynED-winEnglish (Rare)
Flanagan-English (Rare)
Hardy['ha:di]