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Verb: cut across  kút u'krós
  1. Travel across or pass over
    "The caravan cut across almost 100 miles each day";
    - traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through
     
  2. Cut using a diagonal line
    "The carpenter cut across the wood for the project";
    - crosscut
     
  3. Be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations
    "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"

Derived forms: cut across, cutting across, cuts across

Type of: cut, disaccord [archaic], disagree, discord, pass