verb
travel across or pass over (Freq. 1)
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The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
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• Derivationally related forms: ↑crossing (for: ↑cross), ↑track (for: ↑track), ↑traverse (for: ↑traverse), ↑traverser (for: ↑traverse), ↑traversal (for: ↑traverse)
• Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Something is ——ing PP
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s PP
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cut through [phrasal verb]
cut through (something) : to get through or past (something that blocks you or slows you down) quickly and directly
We were able to start the project once she told us how to cut through the red tape.
It took some time to cut through the lies and get to the truth.
cutting through all the nonsense
— often + to
cutting through to the heart/essence of the problem
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Main Entry: ↑cut
Useful english dictionary. 2012.