double cross

Greek translation: παίζω σε διπλό ταμπλό

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English term or phrase:double-cross
Greek translation:παίζω σε διπλό ταμπλό
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14:27 Apr 15, 2004
English to Greek translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: double cross
The word's all over town that he tried to pull
*a double cross* and the Organization tried to kill him.
Dionysia
Greece
Local time: 10:49
παίζω σε διπλό ταμπλό
Explanation:
ή παίζω διπλό παιχνίδι

Μου φαίνεται αυτές οι εκφράσεις είναι πιο κοντά στη λέξη σου

Προσπάθησε να παίξει σε διπλό ταμπλό (ή διπλό παιχνίδι)

Μια και double-cross σημαίνει ότι άλλα συμφωνείς κι άλλα κάνεις πίσω από την πλάτη... της Οργάνωσης, στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +14εξαπατώ / προδίδω / κάνω κομπίνα
Spiros Doikas
5 +7τη φέρνω
telis (X)
5 +5παίζω σε διπλό ταμπλό
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
pull a double cross
εξαπατώ / προδίδω / κάνω κομπίνα


Explanation:
dou'ble cross' n.
1. a betrayal or swindle of a friend or
colleague.
2. the act of winning or attempting to win a
contest that one has agreed to lose.
3. a genetic cross in which both parents are
first-generation hybrids from single
crosses.

Spiros Doikas
Local time: 10:49
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  Evdoxia R. (X)
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  Maria Karra
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agree  Valentini Mellas
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agree  Lamprini Kosma
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agree  Lina Ntaoukaki
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agree  Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
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agree  Christina Emmanuilidou
27 mins

agree  Betty Revelioti
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agree  Daphne Theodoraki
1 hr

agree  telis (X)
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agree  Isodynamia
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agree  Natassa Iosifidou
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
τη φέρνω


Explanation:
Έχει γίνει βούκινο στη πόλη πως προσπάθησε να τους τη φέρει και η Οργάνωση βάλθηκε να τον καθαρίσει.

More colloquial... It all depends on the register of your text.

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Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2004-04-15 16:33:07 GMT)
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Άλλη εκδοχή:

Βούιξε η πόλη πως πήγε να τους τη σκάσει... κ.λπ.

telis (X)

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agree  Natassa Iosifidou
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agree  x-Translator (X): Κι αυτό καλό σε πιο ελεύθερη απόδοση
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  Valentini Mellas
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agree  Lamprini Kosma
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παίζω σε διπλό ταμπλό


Explanation:
ή παίζω διπλό παιχνίδι

Μου φαίνεται αυτές οι εκφράσεις είναι πιο κοντά στη λέξη σου

Προσπάθησε να παίξει σε διπλό ταμπλό (ή διπλό παιχνίδι)

Μια και double-cross σημαίνει ότι άλλα συμφωνείς κι άλλα κάνεις πίσω από την πλάτη... της Οργάνωσης, στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση.

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Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 16
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  telis (X): Cool!
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agree  Maria Nicholas (X)
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