Meaning
To annoy or irritate.
Examples
Boy, you are really crossing my bows today. Why can’t you just do what I ask without arguing about it?
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘cross (one’s) bows’ mean?
The idiom ‘cross (one’s) bows’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘cross (one’s) bows’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘cross (one’s) bows’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.