cut corners

US pronunciation

American soundcut corners

cutcorners

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

cut - corners -> cut corners

Myanmar meaning

(idm) ဖြတ်လမ်းလိုက်သည်။ ထောင့်ဖြတ် ဖြတ် လျှောက်သည်။ မျက်စောင်းထိုး (ကြည့်သည်)။ စွေ(ကြည့်သည်)။ လွန်မြောက်လာသည်။ တောင်ကျော်သည်။

Full entry

corner /'kↄ:nǝ(r)/ n

၁။ (က) ထောင့်။ ထောင့်စွန်း။ ထောင့်ချိုး။
A square has four corners; a cube has eight. ❍ standing at a street corner ❍ the shop on the corner ❍ the traffic-lights at the corner of Lansdowne Road ❍ When I turned the corner (of the street) he had disappeared. ❍ He hit his knee on the corner of the table.
(ခ) (လမ်း)အကွေ့၊ အချိုး။
The van took the corner too fast.
(ဂ) ထောင့်။
In the corner of the room stood a big old chair. ❍ The address is in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
၂။ ချောင်ကျသော အရပ်။ ချောင်။
She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire. ❍ He knew every corner of the old town. ❍ They flocked to the royal wedding from all corners of/ the four corners of the earth (ie from every country).
၃။ (usu sing ) အကျဉ်း အကျပ်။ She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that. ❍ The interviewer had driven/ forced her into a corner.
၄။ (usu sing ) ~ (in/ on sth) (commerce ) ကုန်ကို လက်ဝါးကြီးအုပ် ဝယ်လှောင်ခြင်း။
a company with a corner in tin ore/ on the tin market.
၅။ (also corner-kick ) ထောင့်ကန်ဘော။
The referee awarded a corner.
၆။ (လက်ဝှေ့ပွဲ၊ နပန်းပွဲ) ကြိုးဝိုင်းထောင့်။
And in the blue corner, Buster Smith.
v (often passive)
၁။ ချောင်ပိတ်သည်။ ချောင်ပိတ်မိသည်။ The escaped prisoner was cornered at last. ❍ a cornered fox ❍ She felt cornered: there was no way out now.
၂။ ပြောလို၍ အမိဖမ်းသည်။ As a financial writer, I am frequently cornered for advice.
၃။ (Brit ) (ယာဉ်) ကွေ့ သည်။ ချိုးသည်။ The car corners well (ie remains steady on curves).
၄။ (commerce ) ကုန်ကို လက်ဝါးကြီးအုပ် ဝယ်လှောင်သည်။ corner the market in silver.
❏ (just) around/ round the corner [IDM ] ဒီနားလေး တင်။ Her house is (just) round the corner. ❍ (fig ) Good times are just around the corner (ie will soon happen).
❏ -cornered (in compound adjs )
၁။ …ထောင့်ရှိသော။ a three-cornered hat.
၂။ လူ၊ အုပ်စု…ပါဝင်သော။ …ပွင့်ဆိုင်။ The election was a three-cornered fight between the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
❏ corner shop n (Brit ) လမ်းထောင့် ကုန်စုံဆိုင်ကလေး။
❏ cut corners [IDM ] [ဥ] ဖြတ်လမ်းလိုက်သည်။ We've had to cut a few corners to get his order ready in time.
❏ cut (off) a corner [IDM ] (esp Brit ) ထောင့်ဖြတ် ဖြတ် လျှောက်သည်။ a path cutting off the corner ❍ The lawn is damaged here because people cut (off) the corner.
❏ out of the corner of one's eye [IDM ] မျက်စောင်းထိုး (ကြည့်သည်)။ စွေ(ကြည့်သည်)။
I caught sight of her out of the corner of my eye.
❏ turn the corner [IDM ] (ကျန်းမာရေးစသည် အဆိုးဆုံးအခြေ အနေမှ) လွန်မြောက်လာသည်။ တောင်ကျော်သည်။

More examples

Watch the baby – that table has sharp corners.
[at/in the corner] : The date is displayed in the corner of the screen.
I had to park in the far corner of the car park.
[right-hand/left-hand corner] : That’s me, in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture.
[corner of] : In a dark corner of the room stood a tall man.
[in the corner] : She sat in the corner reading.
[on/at the corner] : I get my newspaper from the shop on the corner.
[turn the corner] : As she turned the corner into Bank Street, she saw us.
[street corner] : People begging on street corners
Slow down for the corner.
[corner of] : A tear trickled from the corner of her eye.
The corners of his mouth turned down disapprovingly.
Let’s find a quiet corner and talk about it.
[corner of] : Plant it in a sunny corner of your garden.
[the four corners of the earth/globe/world etc] : People came from the four corners of the earth to take part in these games.
The government is in a corner on the subject of taxes.
[tight corner] : We’ve got out of tighter corners than this!
[back/force someone into a corner] : They had me forced into a corner, and I had to admit the truth.
England’s first goal came from a corner.

Synonyms

bend, turn, curve, V, Y, accost, angle, area, bottle, box, branch, bring to bay, capture, catch, cavity, cloverleaf, collar, compartment, confront, cranny, crook, crossing, detain, difficulty, dilemma, distress, edge, fix, fool, fork, get on ropes, have up a tree, hide-out, hideaway, hole, impasse, impediment, indentation, intersection, jam, joint, junction, knot, locality, location, mousetrap, nab, niche, nook, pickle, pin down, place, plight, position, predicament, projection, put out, recess, restrict, retreat, ridge, rim, scrape, seize, shift, spot, surround, tight spot, trap, tree, trick, trouble, turning, veer, waylay

Antonyms

allow, benefit, boon, center, ease, free, let go, liberate, lose, middle, miracle, peace, pleasure, release, solution

Cross references

bend turn curve V Y accost angle area bottle box branch bring to bay capture catch cavity cloverleaf collar compartment confront cranny crook crossing detain difficulty dilemma distress edge fix