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cut across   (TTS Sound)

The verb cut across has 3 senses

• traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across -- (travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day")


• cut across -- (be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines")


• crosscut, cut across -- (cut using a diagonal line)