cut swathes

cut swathes (third-person singular simple present cuts swathes, present participle cutting swathes, simple past and past participle cut swathes)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) Synonym of cut a wide swath
   • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎:

     Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start.