Phrase guide

come home by weeping cross

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, idiomatic

Examples

  • 1744, Spanish Rhodomontades, Pierre de Bourdeille, tr. John Ozell. This was a fine Rhodomontade, but it fail'd in the Execution: For, making an irruption into Provence, he came home by Weeping-Cross.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a common English placename indicating the former site of a stone cross.