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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]
Confuse, muddle, as in We all planned to meet at the restaurant but several of us got crossed up as to time and place .
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I shall keep these beautiful glass beads always, and put the cross up over my dressing-table.
Sometimes it was rough work, with so many creeks to cross up to our middles, and sometimes our necks, in mud and water.
"If the fox comes back," said my companion, "he will cross up there or down here," indicating two points not twenty rods asunder.
If we cross up with a bunch of Cheyennes, there may be trouble.
First cross up the world by getting a weapon with no defense.
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