cross one's heart

English

Etymology

From cross (“to make the sign of the cross”).

Verb

cross one's heart (third-person singular simple present crosses one's heart, present participle crossing one's heart, simple past and past participle crossed one's heart)

  1. (intransitive) To attest to the truthfulness of the accompanying statement.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross,‎ one's,‎ heart.

Derived terms

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