cut corners

Englisch

Verb

1. To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
   • 1882, Baily's Magazine of sports and pastimes, volume 39

     I believe the old man did not ride fair, as he cut corners

2. Template:idiomatic To do a less than thorough oder complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts.

   The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.

Synonyms

• skimp
• take short cuts

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Translations

to bypass a prescribed route

to do less than a thorough or complete job

Japanese: 手を抜く (te-wo nuku)