"cut-through" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cut-throughs [plural]
Etymology: From cut + through. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cut|through}} cut + through Head templates: {{en-noun}} cut-through (plural cut-throughs)
  1. A shortcut; a route that goes through a particular area or property.
    Sense id: en-cut-through-en-noun-GSISxiWu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (figurative) Reach, influence. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cut-through-en-noun-G77zPjV7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut through

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From cut + through.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 29, Dr Peter Mangan, “What Labour must do to cut through to voters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, Letters:",
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        "(figurative) Reach, influence."
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