Значение идиомы double-cross

[double-cross] {v.} To promise one thing and deliver another; to deceive.

The lawyer double-crossed the inventor by manufacturing the gadget instead of fulfilling his promise to arrange a patent for his client.

Compare: SELL DOWN THE RIVER, TWO-TIME.



Текст на английском про фигурное катание.
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Значение идиомы double-cross