Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - crossfire
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Crossfire
crossfire
also cross-fire 1. Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you are caught in the crossfire, you become involved in an unpleasant situation in which people are arguing with each other, although you do not want to be involved or say which person you agree with. They say they are caught in the crossfire between the education establishment and the government. PHRASE: v-link PHR
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n. 1 firing in two crossing directions simultaneously. 2 a attack or criticism from several sources at once. b a lively or combative exchange of views etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n 1 be caught in the crossfire to be involved in a situation in which other people are arguing, when you do not want to be (I left the room to avoid being caught in the crossfire between Dad and William.) 2 two or more lines of bullets being fired across a particular point ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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