English

Adjective

cross over ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative form of crossover

Verb

cross over ‎(third-person singular simple present crosses over, present participle crossing over, simple past and past participle crossed over)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another.

   To reach the other bank of the river, we tried crossing over on a log.

   Not many actors are so easily able to cross over from television to film.

Etymology 2

From the belief that one's dead soul crosses over a river (as the Jordan or Styx) when one dies

Verb

cross over ‎(third-person singular simple present crosses over, present participle crossing over, simple past and past participle crossed over)

1. (euphemistic) To die.

   Sarah's grandmother crossed over last night.

Synonyms

• (die): go home, go to be with the Lord, pass, pass away