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cuts across

cuts across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut across.

Meaning of cut across

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.

Questions about cuts across

What is cuts across the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut across.

Words near cuts across in the dictionary

  1. cuts a swath
  2. cuts a wide swath
  3. cuts a wide swathe
  4. cuts about
  5. cuts above
  6. cuts across
  7. cuts along
  8. cuts and carves
  9. cuts away
  10. cuts away one's soul
  11. cuts back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cuts across (page history and authors); cut across (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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