English Explanatory Dictionary

cross the Thames

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of swim the Thames.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, the, Thames.

Word forms

cross the Thames crosses the Thames crossing the Thames crossed the Thames

Etymology

Variant of cross the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber.

Related words

cross the Tiber
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