Cross
Cross verb - To be unfaithful or disloyal to.
Nudge
Nudge verb - To pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing.
How words are described
| good | good cross | good nudge |
| right | right cross | right nudge |
| small | small cross | small nudge |
| little | little cross | little nudge |
| Other adjectives: final, last. | ||
Common collocations
| path | cross path | nudge path |
| way | cross way | nudge way |
| characters | cross characters | nudge characters |
| world | cross world | nudge world |
Both words in one sentence
- Apparently, introducing the sex was the only nudge needed for them to cross what was clearly (for them) a blurred line between platonic and romantic love.
Source: Sex Equals Love -
Note that Homer Stokes feels perfectly comfortable announcing to a roomful of people that he belongs to an organization, wink-wink-nudge-nudge, that engages in cross-burning and lynching, and expects the audience to sympathize with him when he attacks people for stopping a lynching.
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Near the end of the series, with the von Braun about to cross the point-of-no-return to crash into Sea Of Tranquility City, Fee and Cheng-Shin decide (separately) that they can at least nudge the ship so it crashes away from the city.
Source: Manga / Planetes
Cite this Source
Nudge and Cross. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/nudge
Cross & Nudge. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/nudge>.
Nudge or Cross. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/nudge.
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