cut a swathe through

cut a swath through (something)

To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. It seems that the high winds cut a swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a swath through this part of the globe.

cut a swathe through

pass through something causing great damage, destruction, or change.

A swathe was the area cut by a single sweep of a mower's scythe, and so the width of a strip of grass or corn cut in this way.

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释义	cut a swathe through cut a swath through (something) To cause a lot of damage or suffering in a specific area or population. It seems that the high winds cut a swath through our neighborhood last night, blowing down trees and power lines on nearly every street. Severe malnourishment has certainly cut a swath through this part of the globe. See also: cut, swath, through Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cut a swathe through pass through something causing great damage, destruction, or change. A swathe was the area cut by a single sweep of a mower's scythe, and so the width of a strip of grass or corn cut in this way. See also: cut, swathe, through Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: cut a swath through (something) cut a swathe through something swathe swath cut a wide swath cut a (wide) swath cut a big swath strike sail cut a (wide) swath, to martyr References in periodicals archive Born into a poor Irish family with a rough, neglectful father and a mother prone to drink and men, he and his brothers cut a swathe through late 19th-century eastern Australia robbing banks. Our Sunshine
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