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cut across

cut across verb: to take a shortcut over or through (a place).

Verb

cut across (third-person singular simple present cuts across, present participle cutting across, simple past and past participle cut across)

  1. To take a shortcut over or through (a place).
    Synonyms:
    cut through
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary.

Synonyms of cut across

Forms of cut across

third-person singular presentcuts across
present participlecutting across
past participlecut across
pastcut across

Questions about cut across

What does cut across mean?
Cut across means to take a shortcut over or through (a place).
What part of speech is cut across?
Cut across is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut across?
The past tense of cut across is cut across.

Words near cut across in the dictionary

  1. cut a swathe
  2. cut a wide swath
  3. cut a wide swathe
  4. cut about
  5. cut above
  6. cut across
  7. cut along
  8. cut and carve
  9. cut and carved
  10. cut and choose
  11. cut and come again

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