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cut to the chase



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Idioms and Phrases

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]
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Example Sentences

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Sensing where things were headed, I cut to the chase.

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I’ll cut to the chase: Politicians from all walks of life denigrate journalists.

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To cut to the chase for how long you should leave it, Dr Bloomfield says "a sensible amount would be at least once a week".

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The Onion has a history of cutting to the chase when it comes to moments of extreme national tragedy in the way that only razor-sharp satire can.

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It’s fitting to end with an homage to Fosse, whose spectacular style is magnificent on film, where it cuts to the chase with acid-tipped honesty.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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