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Cut across

verb

Travel across or pass over. Synonyms: cover, cross, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse.

Be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations.

Cut using a diagonal line. Synonym: crosscut.

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"Cut across" Quotes from Famous Books

... cut across the fields beyond that stile, which leads straight to my uncle's house," said Tom; "and I dare say, sir, that you will be glad to escape the dirty suburb by which the road passes before we get into ...

— Kenelm Chillingly, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... career in the army of the Conde, he had received a sabre cut across his cheek, and the cicatrice imparted a strange and unpleasant expression to his face. He was not a bad-hearted man, but headstrong, violent, and tyrannical to a degree. The peasants saluted him with a mixture of respect and dread as he walked to the chapel, to ...

— The Champdoce Mystery • Emile Gaboriau

... river behind us remained veiled in mist, but the gray light was sufficient for our purpose, enabling us to proceed slowly until our craft had rounded the protruding headland, out of sight from below. Here the main channel cut across to the left bank, and we forced into the deeper shadows of the ...

— The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War • Randall Parrish

... strong enough to withstand a fair sized shell. One or two were unconscious and all were bleeding more or less severely. I found I was the only person who was not struck. Goliath and Bill got little particles of grit in the face, and they looked black as chimney sweeps. Bill was cut across the ...

— The Red Horizon • Patrick MacGill

... in shallow pan; cool, and before removing cut across diagonally to make diamond-shaped pieces; cover ...

— The New Dr. Price Cookbook • Anonymous

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