adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
crossed cheque
crossed the finish line
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James crossed the finish line in just under four minutes.
It...crossed...mind that
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It never crossed my mind that Lisa might be lying.
keeping...fingers crossed
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We’re keeping our fingers crossed that she’s going to be OK.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get your wires crossed
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We got our wires crossed and I waited for an hour in the wrong place.
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Somewhere along the line, some one had got their wires crossed, that much was clear.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A crossed cheque therefore gives some protection against fraud if it falls into the wrong hands.
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He is a man of determination and enthusiasm, whose integrity and will power have crossed party lines.
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It may be a delirious hope, but you force yourself to rest your arms on your chest, crossed and pulsing.
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Spying out the unevenly crossed legs, he steered his tiny shoe towards Murphy's table.
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That came from more than a few crossed twigs and dry leaves.
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The problem is to discover how these familiar zones are bounded and how they are crossed .
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This starts out as sensible cost-saving and value.engineering but imperceptibly the boundary is crossed arid we enter the realm of skimping.