cut across

Verb
  1. Travel across or pass over (synset 201916152)
    "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
    is a type of: pass - go across or through
    subtypes:
    • tramp - cross on foot
    • stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps
    • walk - traverse or cover by walking
    • crisscross - cross in a pattern, often random
    • ford - cross a river where it's shallow
    • bridge - cross over on a bridge
    • jaywalk - cross the road at a red light
    • drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle
    • course - move swiftly through or over
    • hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip
    same as: cover, cross, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
  2. Be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations (synset 202613693)
    "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  3. Cut using a diagonal line (synset 201603946)
    is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
    same as: crosscut

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