double-crossˌdouble-ˈcross verb [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
Verb TableVERB TABLE
double-cross
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | double-cross |
| he, she, it | double-crosses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | double-crossed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have double-crossed |
| he, she, it | has double-crossed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had double-crossed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will double-cross |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have double-crossed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am double-crossing |
| he, she, it | is double-crossing | |
| you, we, they | are double-crossing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was double-crossing |
| you, we, they | were double-crossing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been double-crossing |
| he, she, it | has been double-crossing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been double-crossing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be double-crossing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been double-crossing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money.
- He was killed for double-crossing his Mob bosses.
- I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you.
Longman Language Activatorto trick someone and make them believe something that is not true► trick
to cheat someone, especially after you have agreed to do something dishonest with them—double cross noun [countable]—double-crosser noun [countable] to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.· I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.trick somebody into doing something: · The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.trick somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
► con informal to trick someone: · He was trying to con me, and I knew it.con somebody into doing something: · They conned the school district into buying the property.con somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · She conned me out of $50.
► deceive especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.· Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.· All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man.deceive somebody into doing something: · Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.deceive yourself: · If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
► fool to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone.fool somebody into doing something: · They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country.have somebody fooled: · The brothers' act had us all fooled.you can't fool me spoken: · You can't fool me - I know he's already given you the money.fool yourself: · Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me.
► mislead to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead.· They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.mislead somebody into doing something: · Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
► set somebody up to trick someone into doing something that they will be punished for or embarrassed by: · He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.· Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding.
► put one over on informal to deceive someone, especially someone who is cleverer than you are, or someone who is not easily deceived: · That's the last time he puts one over on me!· Lawyers claim that the tobacco industry, by failing to tell everything it knew about smoking, was putting one over on its customers.
► pull the wool over somebody's eyes informal to deceive someone, usually by hiding some facts or information: · Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.· The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
► lead somebody on to make someone believe you and trust you, especially by making them think you are romantically interested in them: · I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on?· I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.
► take somebody for a ride informal to deceive someone, especially so that you can get their money: · I'd already given him £50 when I realized he was taking me for a ride.· After the deal was signed, I felt like I'd been taken for a ride.
► double-cross to cheat someone you pretended to be helping or working with, especially by helping their enemies: · I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you.· Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money.
► dupe informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else's dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.dupe somebody into doing something: · The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story.