"cross-current" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:",
          "text": "What the man Hay knew and threatened […] what other wheels there were, what other influences at work—these are only superfluities. The essential thing is that, in spite of cross-currents, everything went well—for her, and perhaps for you; the lady's married and there's an end of it.",
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