across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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across the board »
Pertaining to all categories or things.
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across the pond »
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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albatross »
A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.
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albatross »
A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
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albatross »
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
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at cross purposes »
Against one another; contrary in direction or goals.
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at cross-purposes »
Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings.
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beat up »
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
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broad across the beam »
Without fat on the hips and the bottom.
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come about »
To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.
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come across »
To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image.
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come across »
To find, usually by accident.
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cop out »
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
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criss-cross applesauce »
Cross-legged.
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cross my heart »
A declaration that the speaker is telling the truth.
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cross off »
To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.
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cross off »
To finish; to mark something as complete.
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cross out »
To strike out; to draw a line through.
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cross paths »
August 5 2004, SFGate.com.
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cross paths »
To be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys.
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cross someone's palm »
To give money to a person, especially as a bribe or as an inducement to perform a service.
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cross someone's path »
To meet by chance.
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cross that bridge when one comes to it »
To deal with a problem or situation only when it arises.
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cross the aisle »
Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.
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cross the aisle »
To vote, unite, or otherwise co-operate with members of another political party in order to achieve governmental or political action.
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cross the floor »
Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.
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cross the floor »
To vote against one's own political party in parliament.
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cross the line »
To cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
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cross the line »
To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
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cross the Rubicon »
To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences.
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deliver the message to Garcia »
...heaves in a deep breath, gathers himself as though he's crossed a continent to deliver the message to Garcia.
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dot the i's and cross the t's »
To take care of every detail, even minor ones; To be meticulous or thorough.
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down the road, not across the street »
Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.
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get one's wires crossed »
To get confused or mixed up; to make a mistake.
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get over »
cross, surmount
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gross out »
To sicken.
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hot cross buns »
good friday cakes
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lie through one's teeth »
To tell a gross or egregious untruth.
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lose one's temper »
To be explosively angry. To get very cross.
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noughts and crosses »
pen and paper game
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overleap »
To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
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put across »
To explain or state something clearly and understandably.
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put across »
To perform a theatrical production.
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put oneself across »
To explain one's ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality.
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robber baron »
In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.
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rule out »
To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
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run across »
To cross by running.
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run across »
To find or discover by chance.
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run over »
To cross by running.
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stepping stone »
A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.
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stumble across »
To discover or find something by accident.
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stumble across »
To meet somebody by chance.
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under the wire »
Across the finish line.
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