cut across
v 1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100
miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {track}, {cover}, {cross},
{pass over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut through}]
2: be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions
on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
3: cut using a crosscut [syn: {crosscut}]