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Definitions for double-cross
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GCIDE
double-crossverb
to betray or swindle (a colleague); to promise (a collaborator) one thing and to treacherously do another, to the detriment of the collaborator.
double-crossnoun
teh act of double-crossing; the betrayal or swindling of a collaborator or colleague.
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double-crossverb
To betray or go back on
Etymology: First recorded in 1834 from thieves' slang cross (or on the cross) to refer to something dishonest, a play on straight/square, and therefore a crook going back on his partners would be crossing the crossers, or double-crossing.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of double-cross in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of double-cross in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of double-cross in a Sentence
The complication of the past 24 hours with the Paul Manafort plea agreement having imploded almost sets the table with a circumstantial case of obstruction, any pardon now would look like a reward to Paul Manafort for an extraordinary kind of double-cross of the prosecutor here both promising to be truthful and not being so, then funneling information to Donald Trump -- which I can not tell you how extraordinary it is.
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- двойной крестRussian
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