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'Cut to the chase' means

ACut a film scene
BRun after someone
CGet to the main point
DDelay the discussion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Get to the main point
1. Idiom from film-making: skip exposition, jump to action. 2. Conversational sense = get to the point. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Idioms and Phrases PDF (Mistral OCR), section on common idioms_
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