cut across

Meaning

1. 1

   cut across sth

   to affect or be true for different groups that usually remain separate

   Opinion on this issue cuts across traditional political boundaries.

2. 2

   cut across sth

   to go across sth in order to make your route shorter

   I usually cut across the park on my way home.

In the movies · 8

• If I cut across the 14th tee.Asteroid City2023
• Sure, just cut across Clarence's pasture.The Devil All the Time2020
• We country girls cut across the field. It's quicker.Runaway Bride1999
• I can cut across country easily enough.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• Hunt cuts across the orange March nose.Rush2013
• The city has cut funding across the board.Joker2019
• I cut my Caddy across the park to pick up Jackie Boy heading like a bat outta hell up the hill.Sin City2005
• I've got it all sewn up A hardened razor cut, scar map across my bodyHedwig and the Angry Inch2001

From the same entry

• cut and run
• cut it
• cut away
• cut back
• cut down
• cut down
• cut down
• cut in
• cut in
• cut in
• cut off
• cut off