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double cross definition

double cross

  1. Genetics a new hybrid produced by crossing two existing hybrids (A × B → AB, C × D → CD, AB × CD → ABCD)
  2. Informal a double-crossing; treachery
double-cross definition

double-cross (-krôs′)

transitive verb

Informal to betray (a person) by doing the opposite of, or intentionally failing to do, what one has promised

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