"at cross-purposes" meaning in All languages combined

See at cross-purposes on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-at cross-purposes.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=at cross-purposes}} at cross-purposes, {{en-prep phrase|at cross-purposes}} at cross-purposes
  1. (idiomatic) Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: talk past, trip over one another
    Sense id: en-at_cross-purposes-en-prep_phrase-8qIJLt8s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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        "(idiomatic) Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings."
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