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Meaning of cut swathes | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of cut a wide swath.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

cut the baby in half cut the bullshit cut the cheese cut the cord cut the crap cut the fool