📚 Shortcut, noun. 🔉 /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: An alternative route that is shorter than the one usually taken. ❗️ Examples: 1. They were taking a shortcut to town. 2. We're always looking for the quick route, the short cut, the way to avoid the traffic. 3. Ignoring it as was my custom, I turned off the main road, and took the short cut through the woods. 4. We took a short cut through the woods behind the elementary school at the edge of our neighborhood, and emerged at the side of the highway. 5. I was heading south so I decided to take a short cut through the woods and that is when you found me here, fighting off those two brigands. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic