cut off a corner en · VERB
Meanings
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To take a shortcut.
Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.
1833, Sporting Magazine, volume 6, page 400:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cutting off a corner | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cuts off a corner | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cut off a corner | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cut off a corner | Tense=Past | lexicographic |