The phrase
"cross purposes" means to have different or opposing goals or intentions. Basically, it is when people are working against each other or not understanding each other's objectives.
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Sentences with «cross purposes»
- As a result, he added, governors have been willing to take controversial positions, often finding themselves at cross purposes with professional educators. (nytimes.com)
- This is why you are confused and at cross purposes with everyone, you do nt even understand the most basic of definitions. (realclimate.org)
- Process theology, in spite of its claims to the contrary, is not very compatible with liberation theology and in fact often works at cross purposes to it. (religion-online.org)
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