cut a wide swath

Verb

 * 1)  To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.
 * 2) * 1876, William Swinton, A Condensed School History of the United States, Ivison, Blakeman, and Taylor (New York), p. 277:
 * Sherman started from Atlanta in the middle of November. He cut a wide swath of desolation through the South.
 * 1)  To behave in an expansive, flagrantly showy, or pushy manner, especially in public venues; to exert sweeping influence.
 * 2) * 1924, "Method in Kindness," Time, 21 Jan., quoting the Daily News (Manhattan):
 * During the two years that he [the Count] cut a wide swath in the city [Berlin] his name was constantly associated with that of some dancer, actress or other woman whose notoriety drew more attention than her talent.
 * 1) * 1924, "Method in Kindness," Time, 21 Jan., quoting the Daily News (Manhattan):
 * During the two years that he [the Count] cut a wide swath in the city [Berlin] his name was constantly associated with that of some dancer, actress or other woman whose notoriety drew more attention than her talent.
 * During the two years that he [the Count] cut a wide swath in the city [Berlin] his name was constantly associated with that of some dancer, actress or other woman whose notoriety drew more attention than her talent.

Translations

 * Italian: aprire un varco, aprirsi un varco
 * Russian: прокла́дывать просе́ку