cut (across)

verb

Definition of cut (across)next
as in to cross
to make one's way through, across, or over cut across the field on the way to school

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut (across)
  1. cross
  2. traverse
  3. follow
  4. walk
  5. navigate
  6. travel
Verb
  • Some of those who chose to walk up PCH tried their luck hitchhiking with the few vehicles that had been able to cross into the evacuation zone.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • This mirrors what has been thoroughly documented along the U.S. border, where migrants attempt to cross through more remote (and therefore deadly) areas to avoid the U.S. Border Patrol.
    Angel Escamilla Garcia, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of cross
Verb
  • Guests can traverse bumpy tracks by Jeep to picnic on the never-ending sandy stretch of beaches.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The Traitors were not so subtly traversing the castle to find each other.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of traverse
Verb
  • The film follows Las Vegas performer Shelley (Anderson) following the closure of the city’s last remaining floor show.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps no story better encapsulates the tumultuous decades that followed railroad expansion than the story of Frank Skinner and Brooklyn police Officer James Bollinger.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of follow
Verb
  • Doubs eventually walked off the field and to the locker room with two trainers assisting him.
    Jelani Scott, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Prosecutor Hogan walked before the jury box holding a photo of the little boy that was taken on his first day of kindergarten, a few weeks before he was shot to death.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of walk
Verb
  • For the past 46 years, runners have navigated the scenic Lowcountry of Kiawah Island, a barrier island near Charleston that has an average elevation of only six feet above sea level.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Councilmember Lisa Kaplan said Milstein takes a careful process when navigating balancing a budget by examining which programs work, and which do not.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of navigate
Verb
  • The lowest-remaining seed of the four will travel to face the Chiefs on either Jan. 18 or 19 in the AFC’s Divisional Round at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Up next The Kings’ will travel to the Windy City for their second game of the three-game road trip to take on the Chicago Bulls.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of travel
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“Cut (across).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20%28across%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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