CUT ACROSS Definition & Meaning

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cut across

verb

intr to be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations
opinion on European integration still cuts clean across party lines
to cross or traverse, making a shorter route
she cut across the field quickly

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Idioms and Phrases

Go beyond, transcend, as in The new regulations cut across class lines . This figurative use of cut across , which literally means “run through” or “intersect,” dates from the 1920s.

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Still, anger over the law’s limits cuts across partisan lines, and new tests are arising.

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The devastating fires cut across social classes, with a death toll that has reached at least 29 people.

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High winds have brought power cuts across the southwest of England as a new storm hit the UK on Sunday.

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He also said any inquiry should "not cut across live police investigations".

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That cuts across both target identification and molecule design, and can potentially introduce biases.

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