cut corners
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cut corners
verb cuts corners · cutting corners · cut corners
- To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road. […] but I believe the old man did not ride fair, as he cut corners and joined in with them again […]
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To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.
The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.
Similar: skimp, take short cuts, follow the path of least resistance, take the easy way out, half-ass
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verb bypass a prescribed route
| Español | atajar, atrechar, alcorzar, atrochar, acorzar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 抄近路 chāo jìnlù, 繞過既定路線 /绕过既定路线 ràoguò jìdìng lùxiàn |
| Português | atalhar |
| Français | prendre des raccourcis |
| Italiano | prendere delle scorciatoie |
verb do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
| Español | escatimar, atajar, tacañear, cicatear, retacear, pichicatear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 手を抜く te-wo nuku |
| 中文 | 偷工減料 /偷工减料 tōugōngjiǎnliào, 敷衍了事 fūyǎnliǎoshì, 草率行事 cǎoshuài xíngshì, 馬馬虎虎 /马马虎虎 mǎmǎhūhū |
| Português | gambiarrar |
| Français | couper les coins ronds |
| עברית | עיגל פינות \ עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת |
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title = {cut corners},
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