cross off

phrasal verb

crossed off; crossing off; crosses off

: to draw a line through (a name or item on a list)

They crossed off the names of the people who had already been invited.

We can cross her off our list of potential donors.

Examples of cross off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An attorney for Armstrong said that the magistrate judge also crossed off a charge on her arrest warrant. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

The Electoral Board said last month that Koukol did not change the paperwork himself, but rather Mark Garwon, a former Homer Township trustee who was acting on Koukol’s behalf, crossed off the 6 and wrote in 4 at the county clerk’s office before submitting the paperwork. —Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026

The camp was simply crossed off the map. —Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

Since then, she's collected 45 years' worth of passport stamps, crossing off destinations like Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Bhutan, Morocco, and Kenya on her travel wish list. —Stephanie Gray, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for cross off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff