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DOUBLE CROSS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing
Synonyms:
double-crossing; double cross
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("double cross" is a kind of...):
betrayal; perfidy; treachery; treason (an act of deliberate betrayal)
Derivation:
double cross (betray by double-dealing)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "double cross" is one way to...):
betray; sell (deliver to an enemy by treachery)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
double cross (an act of betrayal)
double-crosser (a person who says one thing and does another)
double-crossing (an act of betrayal)