"cut to Hecuba" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts to Hecuba [present, singular, third-person], cutting to Hecuba [participle, present], cut to Hecuba [participle, past], cut to Hecuba [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,cut>}} cut to Hecuba (third-person singular simple present cuts to Hecuba, present participle cutting to Hecuba, simple past and past participle cut to Hecuba)
  1. (dated) to get to the point, to cut to the chase Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-cut_to_Hecuba-en-verb-ugQRlOjZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Talking

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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        "to get to the point, to cut to the chase"
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      ],
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    },
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        "present"
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          "cut to the chase"
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