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

VOA: special.2010.07.25

I want her to stop criticizing me and making too many demands on my time.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

"It is time to put a stop to this,sir.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

He says the Council has devoted a disproportionate amount of time on Israel and that has to stop.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

She told the gathering it is time to stop all the talk about gender parity, and to take steps to ensure it happens soon.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

"It is time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to Washington politics."

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

It was the first time that Tehran has threatened to stop using the euro.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

And every time Mexican President Felipe Calderon calls for it to stop.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"It's time to do what's right for America's working families and put aside partisanship, stop saying things that aren't true, come together as a nation, pass health insurance reform now this year."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08