be at cross purposes

verb

Roget 495: be erroneous etc. adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform etc. (misteach) 538^†; delude; give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive etc. 545; lie etc. 544.    err; be in error etc. adj., be mistaken etc. v.; be deceived etc. (duped) 547; mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error etc. n.; be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate etc. (misjudge) 481.    play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) 523.    trip, stumble; lose oneself etc. (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail etc. 732; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear etc. (mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance etc. (credulity) 486; dream etc. (imagine) 515.    ... show more

Roget 523: misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mistake etc. 495.    misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble etc. (falsify) 544; distort, detort^†; travesty, play upon words; stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning; explain away; put a bad construction on, put a false construction on; give a false coloring.    be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.    ... show more

Roget 708: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand etc. (resist) 719; control etc. (restrain) 751; hinder etc. 706; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.    be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork^†, countermine; thwart, overthwart^†; work against, undermine.    stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head against; grapple with; kick against the pricks etc. (resist) 719; contend etc. 720; do battle with etc. (warfare) 722, do battle against.    contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; come in conflict with.    emulate etc. (compete) 720; rival, spoil one's trade.    ... show more

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