to recross

Examples

• All

• The doctor recrossed his arms and leaned against a sink.

  Fiction book (1995)

• For the first month, we steamed in circles, crossing and recrossing our course.

  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

• "Let me remind you how often the paths of lawyers cross and recross over and over again.

  Academic text (1998)

• We cross and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.

  Cloud Atlas (2012)

• Envelope in hand, Jenny recrossed the small room.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "Well, to begin with, he isn't covered in blood when he recrosses the border back into the U.S.

  Blog text (20)

• Perhaps the call was merely a routine bit of business, not worth reporting until their paths recross at coffee break or lunchtime.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Chassi shifted on the couch and recrossed her legs again.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Ever since the biblical injunction to Abraham, "Get thee out of thy country," caravans have crossed and recrossed the Fertile Crescent.

  Academic text (2010)

• After realizing they missed the correct turn, they had to recross the busy street to reach their destination.

Synonyms

R

to repass

vsto recross

1 8.2

Go past a place or point again

return over the same route often in the opposite direction after earlier travel

How Often

to crisscross

21 3.7

to recross

1 4.1

to cross

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology