Source : WordNet®

cut across
     v 1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100
          miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {track}, {cover}, {cross},
           {pass over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut through}]
     2: be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions
        on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
     3: cut using a diagonal lines [syn: {crosscut}]