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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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verb

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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Dictionary Entry

cut to the chase

Part of Speechverb

To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.

In a Sentence

“We don't have much time here. Could you cut to the chase?”

Origin

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Synonyms

cut to Hecubaget on with itget to the point

Antonyms

beat around the bush

Related Words

cut the crapcut throughget something over withget down to bedrockcut offmake short work ofcut back

Poetry examples for “cut to the chase”

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