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CROSS OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cross off mean? 

CROSS OFF (verb)
  The verb CROSS OFF has 1 sense:

1. remove from a listplay

  Familiarity information: CROSS OFF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CROSS OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove from a list

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cross off; cross out; mark; strike off; strike out

Context example:

Cross the name of the dead person off the list

Hypernyms (to "cross off" is one way to...):

take away; take out (take out or remove)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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