cut through

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cut through something

to penetrate something by cutting; to slice through something. The worker cut through the steel door with a torch. Walter cut through the rind of the watermelon.

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In the course of half an hour Mary thought she could tell too, and when he cut through a lifeless-looking branch she would cry out joyfully under her breath when she caught sight of the least shade of moist green. The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley meal {32} Thrasymedes dealt his blow, and brought the heifer down with a stroke that cut through the tendons at the base of her neck, whereon the daughters and daughters in law of Nestor, and his venerable wife Eurydice (she was eldest daughter to Clymenus) screamed with delight. The Odyssey by Homer View in context However, Captain Nemo had rushed to the poulp, and with one blow of the axe had cut through one arm. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context			cut off cut off at the pass cut off nose to spite face cut off without a penny cut on cut oneself on cut out cut out for cut out of cut out to be cut own throat cut some slack cut teeth cut teeth in cut the cheese Cut the comedy! cut the cord cut the crap Cut the crap! cut the deadwood out cut the dust cut the ground from under / feet cut the ground out from under cut the pie up cut throat cut through cut through like a knife through butter cut through red tape cut to cut to ribbons cut to the bone cut to the chase cut to the quick cut up cut up rough cut water off cut with cut wolf loose cut your peaches cut-and-dried cute cute as a bug's ear cutting cutting edge cylinder dab dab at dab off dab on dabble dabble at			cut the ground from under feet cut the ground out from under cut the mustard cut the mustard cut the mustard cut the mustard cut the mustard cut the pie up cut the ribbon cut the ribbon cut the ribbon Cut the Rope cut the rug cut the rug cut the rug cut the rug Cut the shit! cut the umbilical cord cut the umbilical cord cut the umbilical cord cut the umbilical cord cut things fine cut things fine cut things fine cut things fine cut things fine Cut Throat Cut Throat Cut Throat Cut Throat cut through Cut Through Endorsement Cut Through Endorsements cut through like a knife through butter cut through red tape cut thru cut thru cut thru cut time cut time cut to cut to Cut to Length cut to ribbons cut to ribbons cut to ribbons cut to ribbons Cut to Size Cut To Suit, Beat To Fit cut to the bone cut to the bone cut to the bone cut to the bone cut to the chase cut to the chase cut to the chase cut to the chase cut to the chase cut to the chase cut to the quick cut to the quick

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