'cut across' definitions:
Definition of 'cut across'
From: WordNet
verb
Travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across]
verb
Be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
verb
Cut using a diagonal line [syn: crosscut, cut across]
Synonyms of 'cut across'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bar,
- catercorner,
- chiasmal,
- chiasmic,
- chiastic,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- crossbar,
- crosscut,
- crossed,
- crossing,
- cruciate,
- cut,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- cut crosswise,
- cut through,
- decussate,
- decussated,
- diagonalize,
- intercross,
- intersect,
- intersected,
- intersecting,
- lie across,
- make a beeline,
- secant,
- short-cut,
- slant across,
- slash,
- slash across,
- transverse,
- traverse