Current Word of the day

March 20, 2026

Cut to the Chase

The idiom cut to the chase means “speak about something without wasting time or including unimportant details.” “Cut to the chase” originated in the 1920s, when silent film editors would splice in a chase scene after a slower scene in order to keep the audience’s attention. Hence, the expression is used to refer to the […]

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