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To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- We don't have much time here. Could you cut to the chase?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From cinema usage: to cut (edit a film) so as to get to the exciting part. Also, preceded by Chaucer c.1400, "The Wife of Bath's Tale"- "And shortly forth this tale for to chace" (To cut a long story short).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
komme til sagen
— to get to the point
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Dutch:
ter zake komen
— to get to the point
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Dutch:
met de deur in huis vallen
— to get to the point
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Finnish:
mennä asiaan
— to get to the point
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French:
aller droit au but
— to get to the point
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French:
aller à l'essentiel
— to get to the point
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German:
auf den Punkt kommen
— to get to the point
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German:
Butter bei die Fische
— to get to the point
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Greek:
μπαίνω στο ψητό
(baíno sto psitó)
— to get to the point
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Hungarian:
a lényegre tér
— to get to the point
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Italian:
andare al sodo
— to get to the point
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Italian:
venire al sodo
— to get to the point
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Italian:
venire al dunque
— to get to the point
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Korean:
거두절미(去頭截尾)하다
(geodujeolmihada)
— to get to the point
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Norwegian:
komme til poenget
— to get to the point
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Polish:
przechodzić do rzeczy
— to get to the point
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Polish:
przejść do rzeczy
— to get to the point
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Portuguese:
ir direto ao ponto
— to get to the point
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Portuguese:
ir direto ao assunto
— to get to the point
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Romanian:
trece la subiect
— to get to the point
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Russian:
перейти́ к де́лу
(perejtí k délu)
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
ir al grano
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
ir al ajo del asunto
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
ir al meollo
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
acortar envites
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
ahorrar envites
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
parar de dar vueltas
— to get to the point
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Spanish:
dejar de dar vueltas
— to get to the point
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Swedish:
komma till saken
— to get to the point
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Turkish:
sadede gelmek
— to get to the point
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Ukrainian:
перейти до справи
(perejty do spravy)
— to get to the point
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Ukrainian:
перейти до суті
(perejty do suti)
— to get to the point
