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Etymology

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From cut +‎ through.

Noun

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cut-through (plural cut-throughs)

  1. A shortcut; a route that goes through a particular area or property.
  2. (figurative) Reach, influence.
    • 2022 March 29, Dr Peter Mangan, “What Labour must do to cut through to voters”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN, Letters:
      It is the public mood that a party needs to assess and then recast in order to achieve cut-through and gain votes.

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