DOUBLE-CROSS


Meaning of DOUBLE-CROSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdʌblˈkrɔs ]

{v.} To promise one thing and deliver another; to deceive. * /The lawyer double-crossed the inventor by manufacturing the gadget instead of fulfilling his promise to arrange a patent for his client./ Compare: SELL DOWN THE RIVER, TWO-TIME.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.