tagliare la strada

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to cut the road”. Compare French couper la route. === Verb === tagliàre la strada (first-person singular present tàglio la strada, first-person singular past historic tagliài la strada, past participle tagliàto la strada, auxiliary avére) to brusquely get in front of a preceding automobile, forcing it to brake abruptly; to cut in on (figurative, by extension) to get in the way (of someone) Synonyms: mettere i bastoni fra le ruote, impedire; see also Thesaurus:ostacolare