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Found 1 hit - Term: to cut across, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cut \cut\ ku^t, v. i.
   1. to do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or
      gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
      1913 webster

   2. to admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting
      instrument.
      1913 webster

            panels of white wood that cuts like cheese.
                                                  --holmes.
      1913 webster

   3. to perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising,
      intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.
      1913 webster

            he saved the lives of thousands by his manner of
            cutting for the stone.                --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. to make a stroke with a whip.
      1913 webster

   5. to interfere, as a horse.
      1913 webster

   6. to move or make off quickly. colloq.
      1913 webster

   7. to divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the
      deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be
      dealt.
      1913 webster

   to cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct
      way; as, to cut across a field.

   to cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from
      the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to
      raise the anchor. colloq.

   to cut in or to cut into, to interrupt; to join in
      anything suddenly.

   to cut up.
      a to play pranks. colloq.
      b to divide into portions well or ill; to have the
          property left at one's death turn out well or poorly
          when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. slang.
          "when i die, may i cut up as well as morgan
          pendennis." --thackeray.
          1913 webster
see also:
to cut across to cut and run to cut in to cut into to cut up 

Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about to cut across:

Across >> A Words
Across, definition of term: Across
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Clear Cut >> C Words
Clear Cut, definition of term: Clear Cut
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Come Across >> C Words
Come Across, definition of term: Come Across
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Across The Boar >> A Words
Across The Boar, definition of term: Across The Boar
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