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    crisscross
    I
    criss‧cross1 , criss-cross /ˈkrɪskrɒs $ -krɒːs/ verb
    1. [intransitive and transitive] to make a pattern of straight lines that cross each other:
        Railway lines crisscross the countryside.
    2. [transitive] to travel many times from one side of an area to another:
        They spent the next two years crisscrossing the country by bus.

    II
    crisscross2 , criss-cross noun [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Origin: christcross 'sign of Christ's cross' (15-19 centuries)
    a pattern made up of a lot of straight lines that cross each other ⇨ zigzag:
        Inside the box was a crisscross of wires.
    —crisscross adjective:
        a crisscross pattern of streets