cut across in English

Forms: cuts across [present, singular, third-person], cutting across [participle, present], cut across [participle, past], cut across [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> across}} cut across (third-person singular simple present cuts across, present participle cutting across, simple past and past participle cut across)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "cuts across",
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        "present",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cutting across",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cut across",
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        "To take a shortcut over or through (a place)."
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        }
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        "To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary."
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        "(figurative, by extension) To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary."
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    "English multiword terms",
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cutting across",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "cut across",
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        "To take a shortcut over or through (a place)."
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      ]
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  ],
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"cut across" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms