"cross up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: crosses up [present, singular, third-person], crossing up [participle, present], crossed up [participle, past], crossed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cross up (third-person singular simple present crosses up, present participle crossing up, simple past and past participle crossed up)
  1. (Canada, US, informal) To double-cross or betray (someone). Tags: Canada, US, informal
    Sense id: en-cross_up-en-verb-R3WgU5nt Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Synonyms: cross out, stab in the back, assfuck [Canada, US, vulgar], betray, burn [slang], cop out [idiomatic, slang], cross out [slang], cross up [Canada, US], double-cross, do someone dirty, do the dirty on [Australia, UK, idiomatic], false [obsolete], go back on, knife, let down [idiomatic], play someone false, quisle [rare], renegade [dated], sell, sell the pass [Ireland, idiomatic], sell down the river [idiomatic], sell down [idiomatic], sell out, stab in the back, swike [dialectal, obsolete], traitorize, turncoat
  2. (slang) To let down, fail or disappoint (someone); to go back on a promise to (someone). Tags: slang Synonyms: dingo [Australia]
    Sense id: en-cross_up-en-verb-xrLff3O1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67

Inflected forms

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          "betray",
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          "word": "assfuck"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "betray"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "burn"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cop out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cross out"
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        {
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          "word": "cross up"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "double-cross"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "do someone dirty"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "do the dirty on"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "false"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "go back on"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "knife"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "let down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "play someone false"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "quisle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "renegade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "sell"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sell the pass"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "sell down the river"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "sell down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "sell out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "stab in the back"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "swike"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "traitorize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "turncoat"
        }
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        }
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        "To let down, fail or disappoint (someone); to go back on a promise to (someone)."
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        "(slang) To let down, fail or disappoint (someone); to go back on a promise to (someone)."
      ],
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          ],
          "word": "dingo"
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          "word": "stab in the back"
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            "Canada",
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          "word": "assfuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "betray"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "burn"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "cop out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
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          "word": "cross out"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "Canada",
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          "word": "cross up"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "double-cross"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "do someone dirty"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "Australia",
            "UK",
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "do the dirty on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "false"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "go back on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "knife"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "let down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "play someone false"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "quisle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "renegade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "sell"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "Ireland",
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "sell the pass"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "sell down the river"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "sell down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "sell out"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "stab in the back"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "swike"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "traitorize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betray",
          "word": "turncoat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "come through"
        }
      ],
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        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To let down, fail or disappoint (someone); to go back on a promise to (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "let down",
          "let down"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "disappoint",
          "disappoint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To let down, fail or disappoint (someone); to go back on a promise to (someone)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Australia"
          ],
          "word": "dingo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross up"
}

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