double-cross

Example Sentences

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The man won’t talk, but Lillian is one step ahead with a deal — and a double-cross — which ensures the baby’s safe return and the kidnapper’s swift arrest.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

No-one knows whether they will double-cross their paymasters by secretly voting for another candidate on Tuesday.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2022

But when Bond goes to pay respects to the late Vesper Lynd, he gets wind of a double-cross and a chase sequence follows.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2021

Those points will double if the act of betrayal eventually turns out to be a fake double-cross.

From The Verge • Apr. 10, 2019

Here there is a very compelling reason to cooperate with and not try to double-cross the other party: you’re probably going to have to do business with him or her again.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos