cut out the middleman

cut out the middleman (third-person singular simple present cuts out the middleman, present participle cutting out the middleman, simple past and past participle cut out the middleman)

1. (informal) To act without the use of an intermediary or third party.

• disintermediation

• “cut out the middleman” (US) / “cut out the middleman” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.