cut across

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения сокращения пути или влияния на несколько групп или категорий.

A phrasal verb used to indicate taking a shorter route, or to affect or be relevant to multiple groups or categories.

uncountable · irregular verb · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Go across a placeinformal

   To take a shorter route by going directly across an area, rather than following the usual path.

   Срезать путь

   • We cut across the field to get to school faster.
   • He cut across the park to avoid the traffic.
   • They cut across the empty lot to reach the store.

   Synonymscrosscut throughgo acrosstraverse

   Antonymsbypasscircumventdetour

2. Affect or apply to multiple groupsformal

   To affect or be relevant to different groups, categories, or areas, often transcending boundaries.

   Затрагивать разные группы

   • The new policy cuts across all departments in the company.
   • The issue of climate change cuts across political divides.
   • Her research cuts across several scientific disciplines.

   Synonymsbridgecovercrossoverlapspanstraddletranscend

Base verbcut