cut-through

noun

A shortcut; a path, road or route that is used to avoid a longer journey.

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Meanings

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

plural cut-throughs · alternative cut through

  1. countableA shortcut; a path, road or route that is used to avoid a longer journey.
  2. figurativelyuncountableReach; influence.

    It is the public mood that a party needs to assess and then recast in order to achieve cut-through and gain votes.

    2022 March 29, Dr Peter Mangan, “What Labour must do to cut through to voters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, Letters

Origin

From cut + through.

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APA

cut-through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-through

MLA

“cut-through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-through. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut-through,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-through.

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