cross purposes
cross purposes · cross purposeses
Conflicting, or contrary meanings or ideas, usually arising unintentionallyConflicting, or contrary meanings or ideas, usually arising unintentionally.
Meaning
1 sensesConflicting, or contrary meanings or ideas, usually arising unintentionally.
Forms
plural: cross purposeses| Singular | cross purposes |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.