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at cross-purposes
Prepositional phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
互いに意図や計画が食い違い、正しく意図が伝わらない状態 / お互いが意図を誤解し、行動や言葉が一致しない状態
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(idiomatic) Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings.
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at cross-purposes
Even though they sat in the same meeting, the marketing and engineering teams were at cross-purposes, pursuing different definitions of success.
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Even though they sat in the same meeting, the marketing and engineering teams were at cross-purposes, pursuing different definitions of success.
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