Related Words for double-cross

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WordSyllablesCategories
stab in the back
/xx/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
sell
/
Verb
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fink
/
Name
cross swords
//
Phrase, Verb
roll
/
Noun
grass on
//
Phrase, Verb
screw
/
Noun
kick back
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
backfire
/x
Noun
keep one's side of the bargain
////x/x
Phrase, Verb
welsh
/
Name
cheat on
//
Phrase, Verb
flip
/
Noun
double date
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
take revenge
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get one's own back
////
Phrase, Verb
bluff
/
Noun
serve two masters
///x
Phrase, Verb
throw under the bus
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
hit back
//
Phrase, Verb
get one's wires crossed
///x/
Phrase, Verb
watch one's back
///
Phrase, Verb
break one's promise
//xx
Phrase, Verb
play up
//
Phrase, Verb
stiff
/
Adjective
shift one's ground
///
Phrase, Verb
come round
//
Phrase, Verb
turn the tables
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
turn the knife in the wound
/x/xx/
Phrase, Verb
take one's business elsewhere
///x/x
Phrase, Verb
fall on one's sword
////
Phrase, Verb
turn round
//
Phrase, Verb
tip one's hand
///
Phrase, Verb
toss
/
Noun
play games
//
Phrase, Verb
cross the line
/x/
Phrase, Verb
mess with
//
Phrase, Verb
look the other way
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
see the back of
/x//
Phrase, Verb
turn the knife
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut both ways
///
Phrase, Verb
get back at
///
Phrase, Verb
cross one's fingers
///x
Phrase, Verb
play into someone's hands
/x//x/
Phrase, Verb
play
/
Noun
kick over the traces
//xx/x
Phrase, Verb
swing
/
Noun
turn to
//
Phrase, Verb
snake oil
//
Phrase, Noun
back down
//
Phrase, Verb
overplay one's hand
/x///
Phrase, Verb
break the back of
/x//
Phrase, Verb
break cover
//x
Phrase, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective
affront
x/
Noun
come in from the cold
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
humbug
/x
Noun
crab
/
Noun
pull a fast one
/x//
Phrase, Verb
punt
/
Noun
turn around
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cut one's own throat
////
Phrase, Verb
put to the sword
//x/
Phrase, Verb
run out on
///
Phrase, Verb
meet
/
Verb
gull
/
Noun
fudge
/
Noun
screw around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tick
/
Noun
chance
/
Noun
betray
x/
Verb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
save
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun