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double-crosses

double-crosses is the plural of double-cross.

double-crosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of double-cross.

Meaning of double-cross

Noun

double-cross (plural double-crosses)

  1. An act or instance of deliberate betrayal or deceit, especially in which one party violates a prior agreement or trust with a collaborator.
    • The only problem is that Cosmo accidentally double-crosses the double-cross: By sheer luck he succeeds at the murder and gets away, which leaves the mob in the uncomfortable position of having to do the dirty work of rubbing him out themselves.1985, Raymond Carney, The Films of John Cassavetes, Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies, page 185
  2. Of a breeding, the hybrid product of double-crossing.

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Questions about double-crosses

What is double-crosses the plural of?
Double-crosses is the plural of double-cross.

Words near double-crosses in the dictionary

  1. double-crested cormorants
  2. double-cross
  3. double-crossed
  4. double-crosser
  5. double-crossers
  6. double-crosses
  7. double-crossing
  8. double-crossings
  9. double-crostic
  10. double-crostics
  11. double-dactyl

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