double cross
noun
a betrayal or swindle of a colleague.
had double-crossed
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past perfectof double-cross.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Bonnet returned to find that Blackbeard had double-crossed him and dumped most of Bonnet's crew, stripped the Revenge of supplies and sailed off with the loot.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
If Luke didn’t know Jen—hadn’t known her, he corrected himself with a wince—and if he didn't know how much she’d trusted her father, he would have been certain that Jen’s father had double-crossed her.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
An' then I told the rustlers how Jack had double-crossed them.
From The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey
She was unaware of the expression but she felt that Lola had double-crossed her,—as indeed she had.
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
It did not take me long to see that the infernal boy had double-crossed me with a smooth effectiveness which Mr Fisher himself might have envied.
From The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
