cut-through

cut-through

English

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Etymology

From cut +‎ through.

Noun

cut-through (countable and uncountable, plural cut-throughs)

  1. (countable) A shortcut; a path, road or route that is used to avoid a longer journey.
  2. (uncountable, figurative) Reach; influence.
    • 2022 March 29, Dr Peter Mangan, “What Labour must do to cut through to voters”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN, Letters:
      It is the public mood that a party needs to assess and then recast in order to achieve cut-through and gain votes.

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