uncross
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Verb
    
uncross (third-person singular simple present uncrosses, present participle uncrossing, simple past and past participle uncrossed)
- (transitive) To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.
- (transitive) To undo the crossing or traversal of.
- 2014, DeAnna Holland, No Place Like Home:- I want nothing more than to run through the crowd of people and throw myself into his arms, but I can't. You can't rewrite the past, and once lines have been crossed, you can't uncross them.
 
- 2015, Abigail Tarttelin, Flick, page 201:- “Don't call me stupid. I mean it. My parents don't ever call each other names. Name-calling and being nasty just breaks things and crosses lines you can't uncross.”
 
 
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