C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[crop out] {v.}
To appear at the surface; come through or show through from hiding or concealment.
Rocks often crop out in New England pasture land.
A hidden hate cropped out in his words.
[crop up] {v.}
To come without warning; appear or happen unexpectedly.
Problems cropped up almost every day when Mr. Reed was building his TV station.
* /Serious trouble cropped up just when Martin thought the problem of his college education was […]
[cross]
See:
[AT CROSS PURPOSES],
[CARRY ONE'S CROSS],
[DOUBLE CROSS],
[KEEP ONE'S FINGERS CROSSED] at [CROSS ONE'S FINGERS] (1b).
[cross a bridge before one comes to it] {v. phr.}
To worry about future events or trouble before they happen. — Usually used in negative sentences, often as a proverb.
* /"Can I be a soldier when I grow up, Mother?" asked Johnny. "Don't cross that […]
[cross-check] (1) {v.}
To test the truth of by examining in different ways or by seeing different reports about.
If you see something in a book that may not be true, be sure to crosscheck it in other books.
[cross-check] (2) {n.}
The testing of the truth of by checking one report against another or others.
A cross-check with other books will show us if this story is true.
[cross fire] {n.}
1. Firing in a fight or battle from two or more places at once so that the lines of fire cross.
The soldiers on the bridge were caught in the crossfire coming from both sides of the bridge.
2. Fast or angry talking back and forth […]