Definition of shortcut
- a shortcut to success
- You can open any item by clicking it or by assigning it a keyboard shortcut.
- —Christopher Breen
Wait, I know a shortcut. Turn left here.
We took a shortcut home.
Let's take the shortcut through the woods.
I used a shortcut to calculate the total weight.
There are no shortcuts to learning another language.
Mistakes were made because too many shortcuts were taken.
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are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?
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1915
: a shorter, quicker, or easier way to get to a place
: a quicker or easier way to do something
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