crossways
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Villaraigosa, a former labor leader who’s gotten crossways with teacher unions among other party mainstays, professed not to care.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Mr. Pieters said he first got crossways with the agency after a lawyer complained about his Twitter posts to his supervisors.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
In other words, it’s certainly possible, although the DOJ spokesman denies it, that yet again Barr has gotten crossways with his own department over religious liberty.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2020
Modly explained that his predecessor, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, “lost his job because the Navy Department got crossways with the president” in the Gallagher case.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2020
It was a struggle to set the trap: to prop up a flat rock on a stick, then slot in another stick crossways to act as a trigger.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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