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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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“Wasting time is what you’re doing right now! Come on, Jake. Cut to the chase, baby. My man Haazim needs to go monitor a TV lecture.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“Very well. Cut to the chase I shall. That fraud Fred is skating on thin ice.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

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