Translations for „cross purposes“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

cross purposes N

at cross purposes

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Usage examples with cross purposes

at cross purposes

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There are things that at some times are at cross purposes.

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We have discovered that we are once again at cross purposes.

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She said the comments were at cross purposes with the association's role of looking after the welfare of barristers and advancing their interests.

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First is the risk that the functions overlap, evolve into silos, create misunderstanding internally and externally and act at cross purposes.

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Talking past each other is an idiomatic expression describing a situation in which people in a discussion proceed at cross purposes.

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Often the navy, naval police and coastguard work at cross purposes.

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In fact the merger was marked by poor communication and intense rivalry, and the two companies generally worked at cross purposes.

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The two thrusts have often worked at cross purposes.

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However, working at cross purposes and sometimes just by being unlucky, none of them succeed.

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For those reasons, he came to cross purposes with his people.

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