cross off

Meaning

1. cross sb / sth off

   to draw a line through a person's name or an item on a list because they / it is no longer required or involved

   We can cross his name off; he's not coming.

In the movies · 4

• And it's done. Crossed off the list.Gone Girl2014
• Cross them off as you accomplish each task.Remember2015
• Well, I can cross that off the bucket list.Zootopia2016
• Two weeks work, half the names crossed off and what have you got?All the President's Men1976

Learn it in full scenes

• All the President's Men1976
  • Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars
  • Woodward Traces the White House Call
  • Who Gets the Watergate Story

From the same entry

• have a cross to bear
• cross your fingers
• cross my heart
• cross your mind
• cross palm with silver
• cross path
• cross swords
• cross that bridge when you come to it
• dot your i's and cross your t's
• get your wires crossed
• cross out
• cross over