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# To take a [[shortcut]] over or through (a place).
# To take a [[shortcut]] over or through (a place).
# {{context|figurative|by extension|lang=en}} To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary.
# {{label|en|figurative|by extension}} To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary.
[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]
[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]
[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (across)]]
[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (across)]]

Revision as of 17:28, 23 January 2016

English

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).
  2. (figurative, by extension) To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary.