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crossed the river

crossed the river is the simple past and past participle of cross the river.

Meaning of cross the river

Verb

cross the river (third-person singular simple present crosses the river, present participle crossing the river, simple past and past participle crossed the river)

  1. Synonym of pass the river (to die)
    • He had come back over the frontier of death. nails, spears, and a cross. Today bombs, mines, torpedoes, and shells. The same death. But death has lost its sting since Jesus crossed the river.2014, Horton Davies, Marie-Helene Davies, David Cain, How Far Down Dare I Drink?: Promises Greater Than Dreams, page 82
    Synonyms:
    pass the river

Questions about crossed the river

What is crossed the river the simple past and past participle of?
Crossed the river is the simple past and past participle of cross the river.

Words near crossed the river in the dictionary

  1. crossed swords
  2. crossed that bridge when one came to it
  3. crossed the aisle
  4. crossed the floor
  5. crossed the line
  6. crossed the river
  7. crossed the Rubicon
  8. crossed the streams
  9. crossed the Styx
  10. crossed the t's and dotted the i's
  11. crossed the Thames

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossed the river (page history and authors); cross the river (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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