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Phrase(s): cut to the chase
Sl. to focus on what is important; to abandon the preliminaries and deal with the major points. • All right, let’s stop the idle chatter and cut to the chase. • After a few introductory comments, we cut to the chase and began negotiating.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Get to the point, get on with it, as in We don't have time to go into that, so let's cut to the chase. This usage alludes to editing (cutting) film so as to get to the exciting chase scene in a motion picture. [Slang; 1920s]
American Heritage Idioms