cut across

cut across (http://definr.com/cut across)

     v 1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100
          miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover, cross,
           pass over, get over, get across, cut through]
     2: be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions
        on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
     3: cut using a crosscut [syn: crosscut]