cut to the chase

Speech parts

1. cut to the chase - Verb

2. cut to the chase - Phrase

Meaning

cut to the chase (third-person singular simple present cuts to the chase, present participle cutting to the chase, simple past and past participle cut to the chase)

(idiomatic) To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
We don't have much time here. Could you cut to the chase?

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

get down to brass tacks get on with it get to the point cut to Hecuba

Antonyms

equivocate shoot the breeze prevaricate beat around the bush pussyfoot

Words in the phrase

cut to the chase

Close letter words and terms

cut to shreds cut to size cut to the bone cut to the quick cut up nasty cut up rough