"cross one's heart" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: crosses one's heart [present, singular, third-person], crossing one's heart [participle, present], crossed one's heart [participle, past], crossed one's heart [past]
Etymology: From cross (“to make the sign of the cross”). Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cross one's heart (third-person singular simple present crosses one's heart, present participle crossing one's heart, simple past and past participle crossed one's heart)
  1. (intransitive) To attest to the truthfulness of the accompanying statement. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cross_one's_heart-en-verb-TnMNYJA2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English predicates: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, one's, heart. Derived forms: cross my heart and hope to die
    Sense id: en-cross_one's_heart-en-verb-xxvWpDEC Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 55 45

Inflected forms

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