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To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.
- Do you know why Wendy's has square burgers? Because they don't cut corners.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skimp, take short cuts, follow the path of least resistance, take the easy way out, half-ass
Antonyms: none provided
do something the cheapest or easiest way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Cut corners to make a cheaper product
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perform, execute, do
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
抄近路
(chāo jìnlù)
— bypass a prescribed route
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Chinese Mandarin:
繞過既定路線 /绕过既定路线
(ràoguò jìdìng lùxiàn)
— bypass a prescribed route
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Finnish:
oikaista
— bypass a prescribed route
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French:
prendre des raccourcis
— bypass a prescribed route
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Indonesian:
memintas
— bypass a prescribed route
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Indonesian:
cari singkat
— bypass a prescribed route
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Italian:
prendere delle scorciatoie
— bypass a prescribed route
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Portuguese:
atalhar
— bypass a prescribed route
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Spanish:
atajar
— bypass a prescribed route
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Spanish:
atrechar
— bypass a prescribed route
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Spanish:
alcorzar
— bypass a prescribed route
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Spanish:
atrochar
— bypass a prescribed route
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Spanish:
acorzar
— bypass a prescribed route
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Azerbaijani:
yola vermək
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Chinese Mandarin:
偷工減料 /偷工减料
(tōugōngjiǎnliào)
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Chinese Mandarin:
敷衍了事
(fūyǎnliǎoshì)
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Chinese Mandarin:
草率行事
(cǎoshuài xíngshì)
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Chinese Mandarin:
馬馬虎虎 /马马虎虎
(mǎmǎhūhū)
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Finnish:
vetää mutkat suoriksi
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Finnish:
hutiloida
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Finnish:
mennä sieltä mistä aita on matalin
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Finnish:
mennä yli siitä mistä aita on matalin
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Finnish:
tinkiä laadusta
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Finnish:
käyttää helpointa tapaa
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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French:
couper les coins ronds
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Hebrew:
עיגל פינות \ עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Indonesian:
berhemat
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Indonesian:
pelit modal
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Japanese:
手を抜く
(te-wo nuku)
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Polish:
iść na skróty
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Portuguese:
gambiarrar
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Spanish:
escatimar
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Spanish:
atajar
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Spanish:
tacañear
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Spanish:
cicatear
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Spanish:
retacear
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
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Spanish:
pichicatear
— do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job
