same as cut
to affect two or more different groups
to go across an area of land instead of going around the edge of it
A river cut across the track about a hundred metres further on.
Cut each half in two again, cutting across to expose the meat in the leg chambers.
He left his car up the road and cut across the fields on foot.
Sometimes they actually crossed the river and my route cut across mountains of ice.
The propeller made a deep cut across her back.
These problems cut across class boundaries.
We cut across the field to save time.
cuts across
cutting across
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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