cut across

cut across

Verb

1. to go against (ordinary restrictions or expectations): this dilemma has cut across class divisions

2. to cross or traverse

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cut across - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" cross, cut through, get over, traverse, pass over, get across, track, cover tramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods" walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" crisscross - cross in a pattern, often random ford - cross a river where it's shallow bridge - cross over on a bridge jaywalk - cross the road at a red light drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic" hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
	2.	cut across - be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	3.	cut across - cut using a diagonal line crosscut cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"