cut across

cut across
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "cut across":
present tense I/you/we/they cut across he/she/it cuts across present participle cutting across past tense cut across past participle cut across
1) cut across something to go across an area of land instead of going around the edge of it

We cut across the field to save time.

2) cut across something
same as cut I, 12)

A river cut across the track about a hundred metres further on.

3) cut across something to affect two or more different groups

These problems cut across class boundaries.


English dictionary. 2014.

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