ˌshort ˈcut BrE AmE , short-cut / $ ˈ../ noun [countable]
1 . a quicker and more direct way of getting somewhere than the usual one:
Carlos decided to take a short-cut home.
We were late for the game, but found a short cut through the fields.
2 . a quicker way of doing something
short cut to
There aren’t really any short cuts to learning English.