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 | 13 |
| CUT THE CORNER | 2 |
| TAKE A SHORTCUT | 2 |
| CUT ACROST | 1 |
| CUT THROUGH | 1 |
| GO ACROSS | 1 |
| GO KITTY-CORNER | 1 |
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