"cut through" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cut through.ogg Forms: cuts through [present, singular, third-person], cutting through [participle, present], cut through [participle, past], cut through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> through}} 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.
    Sense id: en-cut_through-en-verb-M0iWIF9P
  2. (idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cut_through-en-verb-6ES3LdtU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "through", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 82 10 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "through": 10 68 14 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 81 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 85 6 5
  3. To take a shortcut through. Synonyms: cut across
    Sense id: en-cut_through-en-verb-2ijKENU3
  4. (figurative) To reach (an audience etc.). Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cut_through-en-verb-w7MSa4vI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Gordian knot

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "cut through",
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      "_dis1": "51 0 49 0",
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      "links": [
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        ]
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "4 82 10 4",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "4 85 6 5",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Can we cut through the bureaucracy and make a decision on the spot?",
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      "glosses": [
        "To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time)."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time)."
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "text": "I usually cut through the woods to get home, but last night it was too dark.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take a shortcut through."
      ],
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          "text": "[…] 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To reach (an audience etc.)."
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        "(figurative) To reach (an audience etc.)."
      ],
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          "through",
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          "dispense with"
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          "deal with",
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        "(idiomatic) To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time)."
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        "To take a shortcut through."
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          "text": "[…] 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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        "To reach (an audience etc.)."
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        "(figurative) To reach (an audience etc.)."
      ],
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