cut across

Related to cut across: look upon, grow out of, warn off, rolled out, bumped into, upped

cut across (something)

1. To move across an area, often as a shortcut. I'm sick of all these kids cutting across my yard in order to get to the school down the street. We'll get there quicker if we cut across the park.
2. To break through some figurative barrier. Because that senator's views really seem to cut across party lines, I think he'll be able to appeal to the most people as our presidential candidate.
3. To pass through and divide something. A huge ravine cuts across that swath of land.
See also: across, cut
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cut across something

 
1. . and cut across Lit. to travel across a particular area; to take a shortcut across a particular area. Please don't cut across the neighbor's yard anymore.
2. Fig. to reach beyond something; to embrace a wide variety; to slice across a figurative boundary or barrier. His teaching cut across all human cultures and races. This rule cuts across all social barriers.
See also: across, cut
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cut across

Go beyond, transcend, as in The new regulations cut across class lines. This figurative use of cut across, which literally means "run through" or "intersect," dates from the 1920s.
See also: across, cut
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cut across

v.
1. To travel across some region, rather than around it: We can get to the house faster if we just cut across the front lawn.
2. To affect or concern a number of different groups of persons or things: The issue of health care cuts across all social classes.
See also: across, cut
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cut across (something)
  • dart across
  • crawl across
  • crawl across (something)
  • get (something) across to (one)
  • creep across
  • creep across (something)
  • creeping
  • crept
  • run across
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