WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cut corners
    v 1: do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to
         make a cheaper product"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "cut corners":
   blink, carefully ignore, cold-shoulder, curtail expenses,
   cut a corner, cut across, cut back, cut down, cut through, dodge,
   fudge, make a beeline, pare down expenses, pass over,
   pass over lightly, retrench, roll back, scamp, short-cut, skim,
   skim over, skim the surface, skimp, skip over, slight, slow down,
   slubber over, slur, slur over, take a reef, touch upon,
   touch upon lightly