cut through

plural cut throughs

1. alternativeAlternative form of cut-through

present singular third person cuts through · participle present cutting through

1. transitiveTo take a shortcut through.

   I usually cut through the woods to get home, but last night it was too dark.

   Synonyms: cut across

2. idiomatictransitiveTo dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time).

   Can we cut through the bureaucracy and make a decision on the spot?

3. figurativelyTo reach (an audience etc.).

   […] making the case that you cannot understand the climate crisis without understanding that there is an arch from slavery to colonialism and imperialism to the climate crisis … Now we are seeing those arguments cut through.

   2021 December 27, Matthew Taylor, quoting Asad Rehman, “Asad Rehman on climate justice: ‘Now we are seeing these arguments cut through’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, through.