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shortcut definition

short·cut (-kut′)

noun

  1. a shorter way to get to the same place
  2. any way of saving time, effort, expense, etc.

transitive verb shortcut -·cut′, shortcutting -·cut′ting

to make shorter, as by using a shortcut

intransitive verb

to take or use a shortcut

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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