Synonyms for cut corners
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1. cut cornersverb

   Synonyms:
   skimp, short cut

2. cut cornersverb

   To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.

   Synonyms:
   short cut, skimp

3. cut cornersverb

   To do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts.

   The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.

   Synonyms:
   short cut, skimp

Princeton's WordNet

1. cut cornersverb

   do something the cheapest or easiest way

   "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

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1. Fergus Cullen:

   In the past candidates in who have campaigned in traditional way with town halls and house parties have been rewarded by voters and candidates who cut corners and just give big speeches suffer, but in this cycle, voters don't seem to be punishing Ben Carson and Donald Trump who have hardly done any traditional campaigning at all. The candidates who are wearing out their shoes aren't really getting credit.

2. Arjun Jain:

   We haven't cut corners on this show, in terms of ticketed events, this is the biggest show not only for my company, but in the history of India.

3. Ashish Pujari:

   China's growth in the chemicals industry has been extremely rapid in the last 15 years or so. It's grown from being a major importer to being a major producer of almost every single petrochemical you can think of today, there are producers who are known to cut corners, in terms of regulation. There are very blatant examples of people constructing plants and almost getting into production even before the whole project has been approved.

4. Ayelet Fishbach:

   We celebrate graduations at work and cheer when we finish big projects. But there is no celebration for middles. That's when we both cut corners and we lose our motivation, we will still slack in that middle, and having long projects invites a long middle.

5. Thomas Steinemann:

   This is not the time to cut corners, always wash your hands, always use hand sanitizer. Don't touch your face. Don't rub your eye. Right ? And disinfect your contact lenses.