cross over

Meaning

1. Editorial75% of films

   to go from one place or side to another, especially across a border or area

   meet the army, step into an automobile and cross over into Osterlich.

   ...was Caesar able to cross over to Italy and come home at last...

2. Editorial25% of films

   (of a spirit) to pass from the world of the dead into the world of the living

   We've put their photos on the ofrenda so their spirits can cross over.

In the movies · 4

• ...was Caesar able to cross over to Italy and come home at last...Cleopatra1963
• meet the army, step into an automobile and cross over into Osterlich.The Great Dictator1940
• We've put their photos on the ofrenda so their spirits can cross over.Coco2017
• He'll cross over whole...Gangs of New York2002
• You don't get to cross over?Coco2017
• We gotta cross over the dune! Cross over the dune!Triple Frontier2019
• OFFlCER: Cross over right here, right here.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• is to mount that cross section over here.Silkwood1983

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 off
• cross out