cut through

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cut through (third-person singular simple present cuts through, present participle cutting through, simple past and past participle cut through)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ through.
  2. (idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time).
    Can we cut through the bureaucracy and make a decision on the spot?
  3. To take a shortcut through.
    Synonym: cut across
    I usually cut through the woods to get home, but last night it was too dark.
  4. (figurative) To reach (an audience etc.).
    • 2021 December 27, Matthew Taylor, quoting Asad Rehman, “Asad Rehman on climate justice: ‘Now we are seeing these arguments cut through’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      [] making the case that you cannot understand the climate crisis without understanding that there is an arch from slavery to colonialism and imperialism to the climate crisis … Now we are seeing those arguments cut through.

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