Cross and Question

Cross

Cross verb - To be unfaithful or disloyal to.

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Question and cross are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Question" instead a verb "Cross".

Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.

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Cross and question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cross" instead a verb "Question".

good	good cross	good question
particular	particular cross	particular question
similar	similar cross	similar question
normal	normal cross	normal question
Other adjectives: right, original, simple, actual, little, final, last, eponymous.

Then it becomes a question of not "did they cross the line", but "WHEN did they cross the line".

Source: Moral Event Horizon / Video Games
Similarly, it's a common cross-examination trick to do this, because the attorney conditions the witness to respond "Yes" or "No" to everything and then traps them with a question like this.

Source: Many Questions Fallacy
The typical set-up of the travellers needing to answer a question is also inverted; those wishing to pass must ask the beavers a question that they can't answer in order to be able to cross.

Source: Western Animation / Gawayn

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