■ cut across

■ cut across
■ cut across
v. i. + prep.
1 (fig.) prescindere da, non tener conto di: a position that cuts across party lines, una posizione che prescinde dagli schieramenti politici
2 interrompere (una conversazione)
3 ostacolare, ostruire (la vista).

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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