Cross
Cross verb - To make one's way through, across, or over.
Usage example: you may have to cross some woods on the way
How words are described
| high | high cross | high pass |
| similar | similar cross | similar pass |
| normal | normal cross | normal pass |
| brief | brief cross | brief pass |
| Other adjectives: right, simple, small, actual, massive, huge, little, final, odd, double, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A "Cryuff turn" is a technique in which a player feigns a pass or cross, but instead drags the ball behind them, turns on the spot, and accelerates away.
Source: Person as Verb - The two line-pass rule (a pass couldn't cross a team's blue line and the center line) was instituted to prevent quick passes to players hovering behind the other team's players for a clear breakaway.
Source: Obvious Rule Patch / Sports -
Parodied in the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie, where the protagonists pass three identical small towns during their cross-country trip.
Source: Everytown, America
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Pass and Cross. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/pass
Cross & Pass. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/pass>.
Pass or Cross. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/pass.
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