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.

2018Ruth WareThe Death of Mrs Westaway Clearly there's something he's circling around, and I for one would like to cut to the chase and find out what it is.