Is there a phrase in Korean that’s similar to “I won’t take too much of your time” when you want to be brief with someone?

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Hi Alison,
I'm not a native speaker of Korean, but a simple way to say what you want is:
짧게 말할게요. (I'll keep it short)

You can add a reason, for example:
다들 바쁘니까 짧게 말할게요 (you are all busy so I will keep it short)
방해해서 미안해요. 짧게 말할게요. (Sorry to disturb you. I'll keep it short)
거두절미하고 짧게 말 하겠습니다 (I'll cut to the chase)

By the way, 거두절미 is a lovely 4 word korean phrase to know - it literally means go away (거) head (두) , cut off (절) tail (미) and has the english meaning of "to cut a long story short, to summarize, to get to the point"

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formally (meeting, talk to boss)

잠시 보고드릴게 있습니다.

간단히/짧게 말씀드릴게 있습니다.

informally (talk to friends)

잠깐 (시간) 괜찮아?

시간 좀 있어?

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