Usually means: Questioning to clarify or challenge.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word cross question:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-question: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross-question: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cross-question: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cross-question, cross-question: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cross-question, cross question: Vocabulary.com
  6. cross-question: Wordnik
  7. cross-question: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cross-question: Wiktionary
  9. cross-question: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cross-question: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cross-question: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cross-question, cross-question, cross question: Dictionary.com
  13. Cross-question: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. cross-question: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. cross-question, cross question: Rhymezone
  16. Cross-question: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. cross-question: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. cross-question, cross question: FreeDictionary.org
  19. cross-question, cross question: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. cross-question, cross question: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. cross question: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-question, cross question: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (cross question)

▸ verb:  question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side


Opposite:
direct question, friendly question, supportive question

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Opposite:
direct question, friendly question, supportive question




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