Additional definitions for 'cross swords':

cross swords	Used other than as an idiom: see cross, sword., to place or hold two swords so they cross each other.
cross swords	To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.
cross swords	For males, to urinate simultaneously such that the streams intersect.

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