Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material.

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It thickens the blood around a cut to stop bleeding.

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Cut is the director's word for stop.

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At times, we need to stop altogether and cut an entirely new, sharp strategy edge.

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Lose weight, stop smoking and cut down on booze--it's always the same advice, alas, and it's never very much fun.

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So I urge Republicans in the Senate to at least allow a majority of Senators and Congressmen to stop this pay cut.

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