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• cut through something — cut through (something) to make clear something that has been made difficult to understand. She cut through all the political talk and outlined what was wrong and what could be done to fix it …   New idioms dictionary

• cut through something like a hot knife through butter — cut/go through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter to cut something very easily. A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter …   New idioms dictionary

• cut through something like a knife through butter — cut/go through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter to cut something very easily. A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter …   New idioms dictionary

• cut through — (something) to make clear something that has been made difficult to understand. She cut through all the political talk and outlined what was wrong and what could be done to fix it …   New idioms dictionary

• cut through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms cut through : present tense I/you/we/they cut through he/she/it cuts through present participle cutting through past tense cut through past participle cut through 1) cut through something to go through an area …   English dictionary

• cut through — verb travel across or pass over (Freq. 1) The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day • Syn: ↑traverse, ↑track, ↑cover, ↑cross, ↑pass over, ↑get over, ↑get ac …   Useful english dictionary

• cut through like a hot knife through butter — cut/go through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter to cut something very easily. A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter …   New idioms dictionary

• cut through like a knife through butter — cut/go through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter to cut something very easily. A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter …   New idioms dictionary

• cut a (wide) swathe through something — phrase to move through something and cause a lot of change or destruction The tornado cut a wide swathe through the countryside. Thesaurus: to destroy or severely damage somethingsynonym Main entry: swathe …   Useful english dictionary

• cut a swath through something — cut a swath/swathe through (something) to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place or among a particular group of people. Violent electrical storms cut a swath through parts of the South yesterday. The AIDS epidemic has… …   New idioms dictionary