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Definition cut across in British English

cut across phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to go across an area of land instead of going around the edge of it

Example

We cut across the field to save time.

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Example

A river cut across the track about a hundred metres further on.

3

to affect two or more different groups

Example

These problems cut across class boundaries.

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Definition cut across in British English