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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	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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