Watching the Time

One of the most difficult things about holding an effective meeting is staying within the time limits. A good agenda will outline how long each item should take. A good chairperson will do his or her best to stay within the limits. Here are some expressions that can be used to keep the meeting flowing at the appropriate pace.
I think we've spent enough time on this topic.
We're running short on time, so let's move on.

We're running behind schedule, so we'll have to skip the next item.

We only have fifteen minutes remaining and there's a lot left to cover.

If we don't move on, we'll run right into lunch.

We've spent too long on this issue, so we'll leave it for now.

We'll have to come back to this at a later time.

We could spend all day discussing this, but we have to get to the next item.

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