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Bring forward a party - it make introductions shorter (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

further ado

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'it make introductions shorter' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'bring forward a party' is the wordplay.
'bring forward' becomes 'further' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'further'+'a'+'do'='FURTHER ADO'

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