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"Cut to the chase" means to get to the point without wasting time/to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important. For the history of the idiom see http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cut-to-the-chase.html.
Examples with slightly different shades of meaning:-
--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.
--I didn't have long to talk to him so I cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
--The engine is the only thing wrong with the car - to cut to the chase, it is loud, really loud.:s
Examples with slightly different shades of meaning:-
--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.
--I didn't have long to talk to him so I cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
--The engine is the only thing wrong with the car - to cut to the chase, it is loud, really loud.:s
