cut off a corner

verb

To take a shortcut.

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Meanings

verbcut off a corner (third-person singular simple present cuts off a corner, present participle cutting off a corner, simple past and past participle cut off a corner)

present singular third person cuts off a corner · participle present cutting off a corner

  1. To take a shortcut.

    Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.

    1833, Sporting Magazine, volume 6, page 400
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APA

cut off a corner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20off%20a%20corner

MLA

“cut off a corner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20off%20a%20corner. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut off a corner,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20off%20a%20corner.

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