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cut to the chasecut to the chaseslang To reach the most important points quickly. This phrase is often used as an imperative. Come on, cut to the chase already—what exactly are you trying to ask me? I'm a very busy woman, so I need an assistant who can cut to the chase. See also: chase, cut Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cut to the chaseSl. to focus on what is important; to abandon the preliminaries and deal with the major points. All right, let's stop the idle chatter and cut to the chase. After a few introductory comments, we cut to the chase and began negotiating. See also: chase, cut McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. cut to the chaseGet 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] See also: chase, cut The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. cut to the chase If you cut to the chase, you start talking about or dealing with what is really important, instead of less important things. I'll cut to the chase — we just don't have enough money for the project. Solo cut to the chase: `Well, it looks like there is nothing here for me so I'm going to fly back home.' Note: In films, when one scene ends and another begins the action is said to `cut' from one scene to the next. If a film `cuts to the chase', it moves on to a car chase scene. This expression compares the important matters to be discussed or dealt with to the exciting action in a film, such as car chases. See also: chase, cut Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. cut to the chase come to the point. North American informal In this idiom, cut is being used in the cinematographic sense ‘move to another shot in a film’. Chase scenes are a particularly exciting feature of some films, and the idiom expresses the idea of ignoring any preliminaries and coming immediately to the most important part. See also: chase, cut Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary cut to the ˈchase (informal, especially American English) stop wasting time and do or say the important things that need to be done or said: Let’s cut to the chase. How much is it going to cost me?A film/movie often cuts (= changes) from a slow scene to a more exciting one, such as a car chase, to keep the audience interested. See also: chase, cut Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary cut to the chase in. to focus on what is important; to abandon the preliminaries and deal with the major points. After a few introductory comments, we cut to the chase and began negotiating. See also: chase, cut McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions cut to the chase To get to the matter at hand. See also: chase, cut American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. cut to the chaseGet on with it, get to the point. This phrase, often an imperative, comes from the film industry of the 1920s, where it means to edit (“cut”) film so as to get to an exciting chase sequence, an intrinsic part of many early movies. It gradually became more general in meaning, as in “She went on and on about her vacation, until I told her to cut to the chase and tell us where she stayed.” See also: chase, cut The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also:- keep at
- keep at (someone or something)
- chill out
- come in
- come in a certain position
- come on in
- cool it
- Cool it!
- cool it, to
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