How to Use cross up in a Sentence

cross up

verb
  • Then afterwards, we just got crossed up.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • With the bases loaded, Rushing was crossed up again.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Tie ribbons secured the slippers on the feet and could be crossed up the legs.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Framber Valdez and César Salazar got crossed up on which pitch was being thrown, causing a fastball to hit Salazar in the chest.
    — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Iverson often compared his own fearlessness to Jordan’s aura, famously crossing up Jordan early in his career as a statement of arrival.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Jarren Duran and Rafaela have been two of baseball’s best defensive outfielders this season, but Saturday marked the second time in a little over a week the two have gotten crossed up.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • It's been six days since Houston Astros pitcher Framber Valdez crossed up his rookie catcher, Cesar Salazar, and the fallout is still revealing itself.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In Saturday’s 56th minute, Godfrey received a pass from Dudinha, crossed up her defender, patiently moved to her right, and fired at the perfect moment to score the opening goal and give her team a 1-0 lead.
    — Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • With the Minnesota Timberwolves leading by three in the final 20 seconds of regulation, Anthony Edwards dribbled out the shot clock, tried to cross up Celtics guard Derrick White and kicked the ball, picked it up and fired.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Valdez’s ejection was the latest in a series of questionable occurrences throughout his career, including a situation last season when Valdez, then with the Houston Astros, crossed up catcher César Salazar, prompting speculation about whether the pitch was thrown with malicious intent.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 May 2026

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