cut across

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cut across
    v 1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100
         miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {track}, {cover},
         {cross}, {pass over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut
         through}, {cut across}]
    2: be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions
       on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
    3: cut using a diagonal line [syn: {crosscut}, {cut across}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "cut across":
      bar, catercorner, chiasmal, chiasmic, chiastic, crisscross, cross,
      crossbar, crosscut, crossed, crossing, cruciate, cut, cut a corner,
      cut corners, cut crosswise, cut through, decussate, decussated,
      diagonalize, intercross, intersect, intersected, intersecting,
      lie across, make a beeline, secant, short-cut, slant across, slash,
      slash across, transverse, traverse

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