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at cross purposes

   Also found in: Legal 0.04 sec.
at cross purposes
with different intentions The two groups of advisors seemed to be working at cross purposes during this crisis.
See also: cross, purpose

at cross purposes

in ways that are opposed to each other The relief effort was characterized by a tendency to work at cross purposes instead of everyone working together.
See also: cross, purpose


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I tried him with some other questions, but his chattering, prompt responses were as often as not quite at cross purposes with my question.
But they pulled at cross purposes, usually; and always they showed themselves to be acutely aware of the critical eyes all about them, and of the tongues that had nothing to do but to talk about what the eyes saw.
How somebody, lying in my bed, lay saying and doing all this over again, at cross purposes, in a feverish dream all night - the bed a rocking sea that was never still
 
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