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idiompurposesat cross purposesused in order to say that two people or groups are having difficulty in talking or working together, because they have different ideas about a situation or are trying to do different things:I think we're at cross purposes, Tamar. It's not John who asked me to come here and talk to you, it's the police.State and local housing policies work at cross-purposes, with the state favoring high-density housing and city governments promoting one-family houses.
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See:- accidentally on purpose
- accidentally-on-purpose
- all intents and purposes, for (to)
- answer (one's) purpose
- answer purpose
- at cross purposes
- at cross-purposes
- be at cross purposes
- be/talk at cross purposes
- cross purpose
- devil can quote Scripture for his own purpose
- for (all) practical purposes
- for all intensive purposes
- for all intents and purposes
- for all practical purposes
- for practical purposes
- for sake
- on purpose
- serve (one's) purpose
- serve a purpose
- serve a, his, its, etc. purpose
- serve the purpose
- talk at cross purposes
- the devil can quote scripture for his own purpose
- to all intents and purposes
- to good purpose
- to little purpose
- to little/good/some/no purpose
- to no purpose
- to some purpose
- to the purpose
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