"cross off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cross off.ogg [Australia] Forms: crosses off [present, singular, third-person], crossing off [participle, present], crossed off [participle, past], crossed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cross off (third-person singular simple present crosses off, present participle crossing off, simple past and past participle crossed off)
  1. (idiomatic) To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cross_off-en-verb--SJOf45j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 89 11
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To finish; to regard something as complete. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cross_off-en-verb-9oW6rHVb

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cross off meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        "(idiomatic) To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through."
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