Definition of "cut corners" [cut corners]

To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road. (verb)
To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts. (verb)

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Use "cut corners" in a sentence

"It seems the butter loaded for the officers was put in the wrong sort of firkins—perishables are supposed to go into double-lined containers, but the contractors cut corners as usual and used ordinary ones."

Words like "cut corners"

do execute

perform short cut

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