How is “cut the corner” used?

In Being John Malkovich (1999), one line is: “... by businesses which have been forced to cut corners.”

Which movie is “cut the corner” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Being John Malkovich (1999).

Idiom

to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker

Heard in 8 movies

to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition

... by businesses which have been forced to cut corners.

Said in 8 films · #1