To go across the country

To go across the country
Across A*cross" (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

{To come across}, to come upon or meet incidentally. --Freeman.

{To go across the country}, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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