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
Who wanted to go to school, where—if Matthew and Mark were to be believed—the teachers yelled, and the other boys would double-cross you if you didn’t watch out?
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
