cut to the chase

Idioms  

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]

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Example Sentences

At the news conference following that meeting, Powell cut to the chase before even taking questions, volunteering that a December rate cut wasn’t a foregone conclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

"Let's cut to the chase and give them the planes too," Mr Johnson said.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

To cut to the chase: No, we do not.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2022

Using this too much is uncool. cut to the chase.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner