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cut across

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verb

  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
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cut across Idioms  

  1. Go beyond, transcend, as in The new regulations cut across class lines. This figurative use of cut across, which literally means “run through” or “intersect,” dates from the 1920s.

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