“across-the”

The following 4 entries include the term across-the.

across-the-board

adjective

: placed to win if a competitor wins, places, or shows

across the pond

idiom

: the other side of the Atlantic Ocean

across the street

idiom

: on or to the other side of the street directly across from something

across the way

idiom

: across from someone on the other side of the street


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