cut along

VERB

speed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance boost expedite facilitate fly further hasten help hurry promote quicken ride run rush zoom

STRONG

aid assist barrel belt bomb career dispatch flash gallop hightail impel race sail spring tear urge whiz

WEAK

bowl over cover ground gather momentum gear up get a move on get moving get under way go all out go fast go like the wind lose no time make haste open up throttle press on step on it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block cease check decrease delay halt hinder hurt obstruct prevent procrastinate rest retard slow stop walk

STRONG

dissuade

Example Sentences

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As usual with Heartbeat projects, the focus was narrowed to the main story, so choruses and ballets were cut along with some characters and subplots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

He dissented from last week’s decision to hold rates steady, instead voting for a quarter-point rate cut, along with fellow Fed governor Christopher Waller.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

A screenshot of proper technique shows a clean cut along the transversus abdominis muscle, carefully avoiding the delicate nerve bundles.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Using kitchen shears, cut along each side of the chicken’s backbone and discard.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

cut along

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