to deal quickly and effectively with something that causes problems or is confusing
to go through an area instead of going around the edge of it
to make a path through something by cutting
to move quickly and smoothly through something
England cut through the French defence and scored a try.
He cut his way through the jungle with a machete.
He decided to cut through the forest.
She tried to cut through the undergrowth.
We need to cut through the political rhetoric and see what really lies behind the policy.
cuts through
cutting through
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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