take a shortcut , also: take a short cut

Once again, two of them get lost and take a shortcut.

It was a bad idea because they took a shortcut.

"He who knows the right way can also take a shortcut!"

The couple take a shortcut through the woods where they begin to make out.

All this raised serious questions about my plan to take a shortcut across the sea.

They see the truck and take a shortcut to get there.

We tend to take shortcuts in getting from one sound to another.

He'd just walk right past the cop like he was taking a shortcut behind the building.

He took a shortcut through the house and went out to the Mini.

"They're family guys and hard workers who don't take shortcuts."