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English Idioms :: across the board
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across.html - {adv. phr.} 1. So that equal amounts of money are bet on the same horse to win a race, to place second, or third. * /I bet $6 on the white horse across the board./ - Often used with hyphens as an adjective. * /I made an across-the-board bet on the white horse./ 2. {informal} Including everyone or all, so that all are included. * /Th President wanted taxes lowered across the board./ - Often used with hyphens as an adjective. * /Th workers at the store got an across-the-board pay raise./ |
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English Idioms :: across the tracks
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across.html - See: THE TRACKS. |
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Traditional English :: across
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across.html - prep. & adv. --prep. 1 to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river).
2 from one side to another side of (the cover stretched across the opening; a bridge across the river).
3 at or forming an angle (esp. a right angle) with (deep cuts across his legs). --adv. 1 to or on the other side (ran across; shall soon be across).
2 from one side to another (a blanket stretched across).
3 forming a cross (with cuts across).
4 (of a crossword clue or answer) read horizontally (cannot do nine across). across the board general; generally; applying to all. [ME f. OF a croix, en croix, later regarded as f. A(2) + CROSS] |
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English Idioms :: across the board
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across.html - {adv. phr.} 1. So that equal amounts of money are bet on the same horse to win a race, to place second, or third. * /I bet $6 on the white horse across the board./ - Often used with hyphens as an adjective. * /I made an across-the-board bet on the white horse./ 2. {informal} Including everyone or all, so that all are included. * /Th President wanted taxes lowered across the board./ - Often used with hyphens as an adjective. * /Th workers at the store got an across-the-board pay raise./ |
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English Idioms :: across the tracks
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across.html - See: THE TRACKS. |
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Traditional English :: across
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across.html - prep. & adv. --prep. 1 to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river).
2 from one side to another side of (the cover stretched across the opening; a bridge across the river).
3 at or forming an angle (esp. a right angle) with (deep cuts across his legs). --adv. 1 to or on the other side (ran across; shall soon be across).
2 from one side to another (a blanket stretched across).
3 forming a cross (with cuts across).
4 (of a crossword clue or answer) read horizontally (cannot do nine across). across the board general; generally; applying to all. [ME f. OF a croix, en croix, later regarded as f. A(2) + CROSS] |
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