cross up

Betray, double-cross, cheat, as in Jack crossed up his buddies and told the police they had broken in. Originally this usage often was put simply as to cross. [Early 1800s]

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How to use cross up in a sentence

I shall keep these beautiful glass beads always, and put the cross up over my dressing-table.
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas of New England | Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sometimes it was rough work, with so many creeks to cross up to our middles, and sometimes our necks, in mud and water.
A Soldier's Experience or A Voice from the Ranks: Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure | Timothy Gowing
"If the fox comes back," said my companion, "he will cross up there or down here," indicating two points not twenty rods asunder.
In the Catskills | John Burroughs
If we cross up with a bunch of Cheyennes, there may be trouble.
The Sunset Trail | Alfred Henry Lewis
First cross up the world by getting a weapon with no defense.
Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. Sherred

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