cut across

Verb

Meaning

travel across or pass over

cut using a diagonal line

be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations

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To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time. Cornelia Otis Skinner

In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others. Michael E. Porter

Smiling, I cut across the quadrangle toward the commons. I felt better about life than I had in a very long time. We could do this, Lissa and me. We could do this together. Richelle Mead

He had never read Proust, but he had somehow taken a short cut across the allotments and arrived at the same conclusions. Alan Bennett

No, teaching could be done as fast as a lightning bolt. He'd cut across the valleys of my deepest doubts, giving light to the darkest crevices of my beaten-down, inhibited mind, accessing a natural storytelling ability within me that was utterly profound! Victor Villaseñor

The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. Bonnie Raitt

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