To cut to the chase

To cut to the chase

to focus on what is important; to abandon the preliminaries and deal with the major points.

• All right, let's stop the idle chatter and cut to the chase.- aller droit au but
• After a few introductory comments, we cut to the chase and began negotiating.

Etymology: based on the idea that, when describing a movie, the writer can cut (interrupt) the story and explain the exciting parts, which usually involve a chase