cut across
cut across · cuts across · cut across · cutting across
покрити, прикрити, прикривати
преодолеть, преодолевать, смириться
überwinden, verschmerzen
To take a shortcut over or throughTo take a shortcut over or through (a place).
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CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo take a shortcut over or through (a place).
(broadly, figuratively)To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary.
More definitions
- be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations
- cut using a diagonal line
- travel across or pass over
Examples
15 sentencesForms
cuts across, cutting across, cut across, cut across| Base form | cut across · to cut across |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cuts across |
| Present participle | cutting across |
| Past simple | cut across |
| Past participle | cut across |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
15 phrasal verbs- cut upперебитиTo cut upward.
- cut offперебитиTo remove by cutting.
- cut outзрубати, зрубуватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
- cut inвставити, вкластиTo intrude or interrupt.
- cut downзрубати, зрубуватиTo cut downward.
- cut backрізати, рубатиTo reduce the amount of (something).
- cut intoкопати, ритиSynonym of cut in (to include)
- cut throughпокрити, прикритиTo take a shortcut through.
More 7
- cut acrossпокрити, прикритиTo take a shortcut over or through (a place).
- cut roundхизуватися, кокетуватиTo show off; to be performative.
- cut onTo turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
- cut awayTo fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
- cut alongTo depart for another place; make a move; set off.
- cut aboutTo go around (move from person to person).
- cut underTo undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- cut using a diagonal line:crosscut
- travel across or pass over:traversetrackcovercrosspass overget overget acrosscut through
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.