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double-cross verb [ ˌdʌb(ə)lˈkrɒs ]

• deceive or betray (a person with whom one is supposedly cooperating).
Similar: betray, cheat, defraud, trick, hoodwink, mislead, deceive, swindle, break one's promise to, be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, break faith with, play false, fail, let down, two-time, sell down the river, stitch up, do the dirty on,
Opposite: be loyal, play it straight,

double-cross noun

• a betrayal of someone with whom one is supposedly cooperating.
• "the firm's representative claimed that the outside deal was a double-cross"


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