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If you’re walking with somebody to the other corner of a square, and you want to save steps, you might say, “It’ll be shorter if we ________.”

CUT ACROSS	655
JAYWALK	51
TAKE A SHORTCUT	38
GO CATTY-CORNER	34
CUT THROUGH	31
GO KITTY-CORNER	27
GO ACROSS	23
CUT THE CORNER	16
CUT CROSS-LOTS	14
CUT CORNERS	13
GO CROSS-LOTS	12
CUT CROSS	11
CUT ACROST	10
GO CROSSWISE	9
GO STRAIGHT ACROSS	9
NR	9
ANGLE ACROSS	8
TAKE THE SHORTCUT	7
CRISS-CROSS	6
CROSS OVER	6
CROSS	5
CROSS LOTS	5
CUT OVER	5
GO THIS WAY	5
GO CATTY-CORNERED	4
GO DIAGONALLY	4
KITTY-CORNER	4
WENT ACROSS	4
CATTY-CORNER	3
CUT	3
CUT ACROSS LOTS	3
CUT STRAIGHT ACROSS	3
GO ACROSS LOTS	3
GO ACROST	3
GO CROSS	3
SHORTCUT	3
ANGLE OVER	2
CUT ACROSS THE CORNER	2
CUT CROST	2
CUT OFF	2
CUT THROUGH HERE	2
GO CORNERWAYS	2
GO DIAGONALLY ACROSS	2
GO STRAIGHT	2
TAKE A CROSSCUT	2
TAKE A NEAR CUT	2
WALK ACROSS	2
ANGLE	1
ANGLED ACROSS	1
BEAT IT CROSS-LOTS	1
CADDY-CORNERED	1
CATERCORN	1
CATTY-CORNERED	1
CATTY-CORNERED ACROST	1
CROSS HERE	1
CROSS IN THE MIDDLE	1
CROSS IT	1
CROSS ON A SLANT	1
CROSSCUT	1
CUT A CORNER	1
CUT ACROSS THE LOT	1
CUT AWAY	1
CUT CABBAGES	1
CUT CROSS-LOT	1
CUT DIAGONAL	1
CUT DIRECTLY ACROSS	1
CUT RIGHT ACROSS	1
CUT RIGHT ACROST	1
CUT SHORTS	1
CUT THE CORNER SHORT	1
CUT THE CORNERS	1
CUT THEM	1
GO ACROSS THE CORNER	1
GO ACROSS THE MIDDLE	1
GO ACROSS THE SQUARE	1
GO ANGLING CROSS	1
GO AS THE CROW FLIES	1
GO CATTY-CORNER ACROSS	1
GO CATTY-CORNER CROSS	1
GO CATTY-CORNERED ACROSS	1
GO CATTY-WAMPUS	1
GO CATTY-WHAMPUS	1
GO CRISS-CROSS	1
GO CROSS HERE	1
GO CROSS-LOT	1
GO CROSSWAYS	1
GO CROST	1
GO DIAGONAL	1
GO FROM CORNER TO CORNER	1
GO IN A DIAGONAL	1
GO KITTERIN’	1
GO KITTY-CORNERED	1
GO STRAIGHT ACROST	1
GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER	1
GO THISAWAY	1
GO THROUGH	1
GO THROUGH THE PARK	1
JAY-HAWG	1
MAKE A COUNTRY CUT	1
MAKE A DUTCHMAN	1
MEET ON THE OTHER SIDE	1
SCOOTED ACROSS	1
SHOOT OVER	1
STRAIGHT ACROSS	1
STRAIGHT LINE	1
TAKE A BEE-LINE	1
TAKE A NIGH CUT	1
TAKE THE COWPATH	1
TAKE THE CROSS CUT	1
TAKE THE DIAGONAL	1
TAKE THE SHORT TURN	1
TAKE THE SHORTCUT DIAGONALLY	1
TAKE THE SHORTEST WAY	1
TOOK A SHORTCUT	1
WALK A DIAGONAL	1
WALK ACROSS INSTEAD OF AROUND	1
WALK ACROSS THE LOT	1
WALK BIAS ACROST	1
WALK CATTY-CORNER	1
WALK CATTY-CORNERED	1
WALK DIAGONAL	1
WALK DIAGONALLY	1
WALK KITTY-CORNER	1
WALK STRAIGHT ACROSS	1
WENT ACROSS-LOT THIS WAY	1
WENT CROSS-LOTS	1
WENT CROSSWAYS	1
WENT KITTY-CORNER	1
WENT THROUGH	1

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