📒 to go across; to pass or stretch from one side to the other
- As soon as traffic slowed down enough to safely cross, I started walking.
- cross over I waved and she crossed over (= crossed the road towards me).
- cross (over) from … He crossed over from the other side of the road.
📒 to pass across each other
- The roads cross just outside the town.
- cross over The straps cross over at the back and are tied at the waist.
- Our letters must have crossed in the mail (= each was sent before the other was received).
📒 to put or place something across or over something else
- to cross your arms/legs (= place one arm or leg over the other)
- She sat with her legs crossed.
- a flag with a design of two crossed keys
📒 to oppose somebody or speak against them or their plans or wishes
- She's really nice until you cross her.
- (literary) He had been crossed in love (= the person he loved was not faithful to him).
📒 to make two different types of animal breed (= produce young) together; to mix two types of plant to form a new one
- A mule is the product of a horse crossed with a donkey.
- (figurative) He behaved like an army officer crossed with a professor.
📒 to kick or pass a ball to the side across the field
- Sissoko crossed from the left.
- cross something He could not get to the line to cross the ball.
📒 to draw a line across something
- to cross your t’s (= the letters in writing)
📒 to make the sign of the cross (= the Christian symbol) on your chest
📒 to do something that is not considered to be acceptable behaviour
- He crossed the line by making details of their very private conversation public.
📒 to hope that your plans will be successful (sometimes putting one finger across another as a sign of hoping for good luck)
- I'm crossing my fingers that my proposal will be accepted.
- Keep your fingers crossed!
📒 used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise
- I saw him do it—cross my heart.
📒 to come into your mind
- It never crossed my mind that she might lose (= I was sure that she would win).
- The thought never crossed my mind!
📒 to give somebody money so that they will do you a favour, especially tell your fortune
📒 if somebody crosses somebody’s path or their paths cross, they meet by chance
- I hope I never cross her path again.
- Our paths were to cross again many years later.
📒 to fight or argue with somebody
📒 to worry about a problem when it actually happens and not before
📒 to pay attention to the small details when you are finishing a task
📒 to become confused about what somebody has said to you so that you think they meant something else
- We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday.