cut across

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar que se encurta um caminho ou que algo afeta vários grupos ou categorias ao mesmo tempo.

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

incontável · verbo irregular · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Go across a placeinformal

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

   Cortar caminho

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscrosscut throughgo acrosstraverse

   Antônimosbypasscircumventdetour

2. Affect or apply to multiple groupsformal

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

   Afetar diferentes grupos

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbridgecovercrossoverlapspanstraddletranscend

Verbo basecut