Cross Purposes

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• Cross Purposes — Studio album by Black Sabbath Released 31 January 1994 …   Wikipedia

• Cross Purposes — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cross Purposes Álbum de Black Sabbath Publicación 31 de enero de 1994 Grabación 1993 en Monnow Valley Studios …   Wikipedia Español

• cross purposes — UK US noun Phrase: at cross purposes * * * ˌcross ˈpurposes [cross purposes] noun plural if two people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each oth …   Useful english dictionary

• cross-purposes — n at cross purposes if two people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different things but fail to realize this ▪ I think we re talking at cross purposes …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cross purposes — noun at cross purposes 1. ) if two people are at cross purposes, they think they are talking about the same thing when in fact they are not 2. ) if two people, plans, or actions are at cross purposes, they are trying to achieve different things… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cross-purposes — I noun adverseness, antonym, at variance, clashing, contention, contradiction, difference of opinion, difficulty, disagreement, discord, disparity, in opposition, misunderstanding, odds, variance associated concepts: at cross purposes with the… …   Law dictionary

• cross purposes — index contention (opposition) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• cross-purposes — n. at cross purposes (to work at cross purposes) * * * at cross purposes (to work at cross purposes) …   Combinatory dictionary

• cross-purposes — also cross purposes PHRASE: PHR after v, v link PHR, oft PHR with n If people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are working towards or talking about different things without realizing it. The two friends find… …   English dictionary