cross-train

[ kraws-treyn, kros- ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.

verb (used without object)
  1. (of an athlete) to train in more than one sport.

  2. to learn different, usually related, tasks, skills, jobs, etc.

Origin of cross-train

1
First recorded in 1980–85

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