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Cut to the chase

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly. idiomatic

    "We don't have much time here. Could you cut to the chase?"

Etymology

From cinema usage: to cut (edit a film) so as to get to the exciting part. Also, preceded by Chaucer c.1400, "The Wife of Bath's Tale"- "And shortly forth this tale for to chace" (To cut a long story short).

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