cut through

cut through
verb
travel across or pass over (Freq. 1)
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The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

Syn:
Derivationally related forms: ↑crossing (for: ↑cross), ↑track (for: ↑track), ↑traverse (for: ↑traverse), ↑traverser (for: ↑traverse), ↑traversal (for: ↑traverse)
Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across
Hyponyms:
tramp, ↑stride, ↑walk, ↑crisscross, ↑ford, ↑bridge, ↑jaywalk, ↑drive, ↑take, ↑course, ↑hop
Verb Frames:
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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s PP

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cut through [phrasal verb]
cut through (something) : to get through or past (something that blocks you or slows you down) quickly and directly

We were able to start the project once she told us how to cut through the red tape.

It took some time to cut through the lies and get to the truth.

cutting through all the nonsense

— often + to

cutting through to the heart/essence of the problem

see also cut 15 (above), 1
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Main Entry:cut

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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