cut across

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verb

1. travel across or pass over (Freq. 4)
- The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
• Syn:
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over,
get over, get across, cut through
• Derivationally related forms:
crossing (for: cross), track (for: track), traverse (for: traverse), traverser (for: traverse), traversal (for: traverse)
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Hyponyms:
tramp, stride, walk, crisscross, ford,
bridge, jaywalk, drive, take, course, hop
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations (Freq. 2)
- Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. cut using a diagonal line
• Syn:
crosscut
• Derivationally related forms:
crosscut (for: crosscut)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something