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crossed one's legs

crossed one's legs is the simple past and past participle of cross one's legs.

Meaning of cross one's legs

Verb

cross one's legs (third-person singular simple present crosses one's legs, present participle crossing one's legs, simple past and past participle crossed one's legs)

  1. (intransitive) To place one leg over the other, especially while sitting down.
    • She lifted the top mattress and removed the sack and tossed it on the bed, anxious to count the booty. Sat down on the bed and crossed her legs and she loosened the drawstring and turned the sack upside down and shook.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 49, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 253

Questions about crossed one's legs

What is crossed one's legs the simple past and past participle of?
Crossed one's legs is the simple past and past participle of cross one's legs.

Words near crossed one's legs in the dictionary

  1. crossed my heart and hoped to die
  2. crossed off
  3. crossed one's arms
  4. crossed one's fingers
  5. crossed one's heart
  6. crossed one's legs
  7. crossed out
  8. crossed over
  9. crossed paths
  10. crossed someone's mind
  11. crossed someone's palm

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