Word.ws English Dictionary

cuts to the chase

cuts to the chase is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut to the chase.

Meaning of cut to the chase

Verb

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)

  1. (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?
    Synonyms:
    cut to Hecuba, get on with it, get to the point

Questions about cuts to the chase

What is cuts to the chase the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts to the chase is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut to the chase.

Words near cuts to the chase in the dictionary

  1. cuts ties
  2. cuts to black
  3. cuts to Hecuba
  4. cuts to pieces
  5. cuts to ribbons
  6. cuts to the chase
  7. cuts to the quick
  8. cuts under
  9. cuts up
  10. cuts up nasty
  11. cuts up rough

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cuts to the chase (page history and authors); cut to the chase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cuts to the chase.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cuts_to_the_chase. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.