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Cut corners
verb
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Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
verb
To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
2.
verb
To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.
"The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm."
Synonyms
follow the path of least resistance
short cuts
skimp
take the easy way out
cut across
cut through
beat the system
work around
cut in
turn square corners
skirt around
get around
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