cut across

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cut across

verb cuts across · cutting across · cut across

To take a shortcut over or through (a place).
Similar: cut through
broadly, figuratively To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary. Teachers tried to cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries in their lessons.

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@misc{cut_across_2026,
  title = {cut across},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20across},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}