cut across

• Verbe à particule signifiant couper au plus court pour traverser un lieu, ou affecter plusieurs groupes, domaines ou catégories à la fois.

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

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Go across a placeinformal

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

   couper à travers

   • 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.

   Synonymescrosscut throughgo acrosstraverse

   Antonymesbypasscircumventdetour

2. Affect or apply to multiple groupsformal

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

   s'appliquer à plusieurs groupes

   • 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.

   Synonymesbridgecovercrossoverlapspanstraddletranscend

Verbe de basecut