cut to the chase
informalto talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important:
I didn't have long to talk so I cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk large idiom
- centrality
- come
- come before sth/sb
- count
- cut
- echo down/through the ages idiom
- essence
- fish
- have/take pride of place idiom
- loom
- loom large idiom
- matter
- mean the world to sb idiom
- outweigh
- override
- preponderant
- signify
- weigh
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