Cut-through

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shortcut; a route that goes through a particular area or property.
  2. 2
    Reach, influence. figuratively

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

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"After his colonoscopy, Tom learned that he had cancer. The surgeon cut out and removed the part of his sigmoid colon in which a tumour had been growing, and with staples she fashioned a new splice from the two shorter and cut-through ends. Because of his good health, he healed quickly and after only three days was discharged from the hospital."

Etymology

From cut + through.

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