"cross off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cross off.ogg 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 Translations (to mark as complete): סמנב (simnév) (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-cross_off-en-verb--SJOf45j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'to mark as complete': 65 35
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To finish; to regard something as complete. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cross_off-en-verb-9oW6rHVb

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through."
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        "(idiomatic, by extension) To finish; to regard something as complete."
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        "(idiomatic, by extension) To finish; to regard something as complete."
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