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cross to take up

cross to take up is the alternative form of cross to bear.

Meaning of cross to bear

Noun

cross to bear (plural crosses to bear)

  1. (idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time.
    • We all have our crosses to bear.

Forms of cross to take up

pluralcrosses to take up

Questions about cross to take up

What is cross to take up the alternative form of?
Cross to take up is the alternative form of cross to bear.

Words near cross to take up in the dictionary

  1. cross the t's and dot the i's
  2. cross the Thames
  3. cross the Tiber
  4. cross the wires
  5. cross to bear
  6. cross to take up
  7. cross training
  8. cross up
  9. cross vanna
  10. cross vault
  11. cross vaults

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross to take up (page history and authors); cross to bear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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