Meanings
How to pronounce "cut corners":
AU
To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.
Example Sentences
1
To meet the deadline, they decided to cut corners and skip some quality checks.
2
He didn't want to spend too much money on the project, so he cut corners by using cheaper materials.
3
Instead of following the recipe, she decided to cut corners and use a pre-made sauce.
4
In order to save time, they cut corners and skipped the final editing process of the report.
5
The chef chose to cut corners and use frozen ingredients instead of fresh ones.
