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the moral of the story (plural morals of the story or morals of the stories)

  1. (idiomatic) The key lesson or message that an incident, situation or other happening conveys; a general takeaway point.
    • 1992, David Pannick, Advocates:
      The moral of the story — "Wait till you're a big pot" — is a sound one.
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