cut across

cut across

vb (preposition) 1. (intr) to be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations: opinion on European integration still cuts clean across party lines. 2. to cross or traverse, making a shorter route: she cut across the field quickly.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cut across - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"cross, cut through, get over, traverse, pass over, get across, track, covertramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"crisscross - cross in a pattern, often randomford - cross a river where it's shallowbridge - cross over on a bridgejaywalk - cross the road at a red lightdrive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
	2.	cut across - be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	3.	cut across - cut using a diagonal linecrosscutcut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

cut

verb1. To penetrate with a sharp edge:gash, incise, pierce, slash, slit.2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:carve, cleave, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split.3. To bring down, as with a saw or ax.Also used with down:chop down, fell, hew.4. To turn aside sharply from a straight course:chop, sheer, skew, slue, swerve, veer.Nautical: yaw.5. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.6. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture:attenuate, dilute, thin, water (down), weaken.7. To slight (someone) deliberately:rebuff, shun, snub, spurn.Informal: coldshoulder.Idioms: close the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on.8. To fail to attend on purpose:truant.Informal: skip.Idioms: go AWOL, play hooky.phrasal verb
cut acrossTo pass through or over:crisscross, cross, crosscut, decussate, intersect.phrasal verb
cut backTo decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.phrasal verb
cut down1. To cause the death of:carry off, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill, slay.Slang: waste, zap.Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:bring down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.Slang: deck.Idiom: lay low.3. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.phrasal verb
cut in1. To force or come in as an improper or unwanted element:horn in, intrude, obtrude.2. To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse:break in, chime in, chip in, interrupt.phrasal verb
cut off1. To set apart from a group:close off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.2. To cause the death of:carry off, cut down, destroy, dispatch, finish (off), kill, slay.Slang: waste, zap.Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep.3. To block the progress of and force to change direction:head off, intercept.phrasal verb
cut out1. To take the place of (another) against the other's will:displace, supplant.2. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example):break, give up, leave off, stop.Slang: kick.3. Informal. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: push off, shove off.Slang: blow, split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.phrasal verb
cut up1. Informal. To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion:act up, carry on, misbehave.Informal: horse around.2. Informal. To find fault with:blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap.Informal: pan.Slang: knock.noun1. The result of cutting:gash, incision, slash, slice, slit, split.2. A part severed from a whole:piece, portion, section, segment, slice.3. The act or process of decreasing:abatement, curtailment, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper.4. Informal. That which is allotted:allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split.Slang: divvy.5. A deliberate slight:rebuff, snub, spurn.Informal: cold shoulder, go-by.6. An unexcused absence:truancy, truantry.Informal: hooky.