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cut-through

cut-through noun: a shortcut; a path, road or route that is used to avoid a longer journey.

Noun

cut-through (countable and uncountable, plural cut-throughs)

  1. (countable) A shortcut; a path, road or route that is used to avoid a longer journey.
  2. (figuratively, uncountable) Reach; influence.
    • It is the public mood that a party needs to assess and then recast in order to achieve cut-through and gain votes.2022 March 29, Dr Peter Mangan, “What Labour must do to cut through to voters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, Letters

Forms of cut-through

pluralcut-throughs
alternative formcut through

Origin of cut-through

From cut + through.

Questions about cut-through

What does cut-through mean?
Cut-through means a shortcut; a path, road or route that is used to avoid a longer journey.
What part of speech is cut-through?
Cut-through is a noun.
What is the plural of cut-through?
The plural of cut-through is cut-throughs.

Words near cut-through in the dictionary

  1. cut-sets
  2. cut-throat
  3. cut-throat razor
  4. cut-throat razors
  5. cut-throats
  6. cut-through
  7. cut-throughs
  8. cut-up
  9. cut-ups
  10. Cuta
  11. cutability

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