double cross
noun
a betrayal or swindle of a colleague.
will double-cross
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future tenseof double-cross.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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No-one knows whether they will double-cross their paymasters by secretly voting for another candidate on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2022
“Sullivan will double-cross you in the end, Jack; he’ll not even give you Mary,” Reid said, speaking lazily, neither derision nor banter in his way.
From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory
