cut to the chase

1. 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]

Example Sentences

Hansard relied on that sure-footedness in the studio where Irglová “cut to the chase” and reined in his tendency to tinker and noodle — a tactic his band The Frames indulged in when not on hiatus.

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So to cut to the chase, I gave my sales rank a Triple F rating.

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You know, if you just kinda cut to the chase, tell them what it is, because a lot of times people aren’t sure where they know me from.

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And while moviegoers have seen plenty of vampire scenes, the ones here cut to the chase so fast that I’m of two minds about how they play out.

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

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