To be at cross-purposes

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

To be at cross-purposes
to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.

Usage in scientific papers

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Usage in literature

We seem to be at cross-purposes. "Mary Anerley" by R. D. Blackmore

With all these cross purposes at work it can be readily understood that Mortimer's visits to Ringwood were not exactly rose-leaved. "Thoroughbreds" by W. A. Fraser

Posts were so irregular that often their letters seemed to be playing at cross purposes. "Winter Evening Tales" by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

We were still playing at cross-purposes; therefore I urged her to be frank with me. "The Seven Secrets" by William Le Queux

We seem to be at cross-purposes to-night. "The Golden Face" by William Le Queux

But at Cross Hall not a half-hour would be allowed to pass without enquiry as to its purpose. "Is He Popenjoy?" by Anthony Trollope

The correspondence in this file was sufficiently at cross purposes to be more amusing than most correspondence. "What Not" by Rose Macaulay

But the time came for Mr. Chattaway's eyes to be opened, and he awoke to the cross-purposes which had been at work. "Trevlyn Hold" by Mrs. Henry Wood

They seemed to be at cross-purposes with each other. "The Passion for Life" by Joseph Hocking

Typos

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