cuts through
Parts with force
Cuts through means to penetrate or traverse something directly, bypassing obstacles or resistance.
A knife cuts through bread; a shortcut cuts through the park.
Figuratively, it means to get past confusion or complexity to reach what matters: Her analysis cuts through the jargon to the real issue.
A voice that cuts through noise rises above it clearly.
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- no nonsenseSerious and efficient
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- demystifyExplain something confusing
- pierceMake hole through
straight to the point · slice · hot knife · like butter · disrupt · breakthrough · clarify · unveil · transcend · expose · bisect · untangle · simplify · carve · cleave · resolve · decode · puncture
cuts throughgoes around
Travels around something
meanders · skirts · avoids · zigzags · circumvents
cuts throughmuddies
Makes less clear
obscures · complicates · obfuscates · confuses · clouds
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