cut across

verbs

travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations
"Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
cut across
is a type of (narrower)
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
be
cut using a diagonal line
crosscut, cut across