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cut off a corner

cut off a corner verb: to take a shortcut.

Verb

cut off a corner (third-person singular simple present cuts off a corner, present participle cutting off a corner, simple past and past participle cut off a corner)

  1. To take a shortcut.
    • Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.1833, Sporting Magazine, volume 6, page 400

Forms of cut off a corner

third-person singular presentcuts off a corner
present participlecutting off a corner
past participlecut off a corner
pastcut off a corner

Questions about cut off a corner

What does cut off a corner mean?
Cut off a corner means to take a shortcut.
What part of speech is cut off a corner?
Cut off a corner is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut off a corner?
The past tense of cut off a corner is cut off a corner.

Words near cut off a corner in the dictionary

  1. cut nails
  2. cut of one's jib
  3. cut of the same cloth
  4. cut of their jibs
  5. cut off
  6. cut off a corner
  7. cut off at the pass
  8. cut off more than one can chew
  9. cut off more than one could chew
  10. cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  11. cut offs

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