double-cross (English, verb)
expansion: double-cross (third-person singular simple present double-crosses, present participle double-crossing, simple past and past participle double-crossed)
Senses:
glosses: To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided.
qualifier: plant breeding; animal breeding; plant breeding; animal breeding
glosses: To cross twice in hybridization, as (A × B) × (C × D); for example, in commercial hybrid seed corn, A through D are classically inbreds, and their grandoffspring is the seed for sale.
Forms:
form: double-crosses
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-crossing
tags: participle
present
form: double-crossed
tags: participle
past
form: double-crossed
tags: past