cuts to the chase
Gets directly there
Cuts to the chase means getting to the point without preamble or delay.
The phrase comes from film editing—cutting from slower scenes to the exciting chase sequence.
Someone who cuts to the chase skips preliminaries and addresses what matters: Let me cut to the chase: we're letting you go.
The expression often signals impatience with digression.
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- gets to the pointAddresses core matter directly
- plot-drivenNarrative powered by events
- straightforwardnessQuality of being direct
- concisenessQuality of being brief
candor · straight talk · efficiency · time is money · brevity · long story short · pacing · explicitness · succinctness · streamlining · precision · decisiveness · clarity · simplification · focus · meat and potatoes · TL;DR · assertiveness
cuts to the chasebeats around the bush
Avoids saying something directly
hems and haws · equivocates · prevaricates · hedges · rambles
cuts to the chasedawdles
Moves unnecessarily slowly
procrastinates · dilly-dallies · wastes time · prolongs · drags one's feet
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