cut out the middleman

English

Verb

cut out the middleman (third-person singular simple present cuts out the middleman, present participle cutting out the middleman, simple past and past participle cut out the middleman)

1. (informal) To act without the use of an intermediary or third party.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ilman välikäsiä (adverb, roughly equivalent to "while cutting out the middleman")
• French: supprimer les intermédiaires
• Polish: eliminować pośrednika impf, wyeliminować pośrednika pf, omijać pośrednika impf, ominąć pośrednika pf

See also

• disintermediation

Further reading

• “cut out the middleman” (US) / “cut out the middleman” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.