Cross-question

Full definition of cross-question

Noun

1. a question performed during a cross-examination
• 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. .the best way to get things clear is if we gently cross-question this very statement.

Verb

1. (transitive) to subject to close questioning.
• 1843, , , book 2, ch. 1, Jocelin of BrakelondThe good man, he looks on us so clear and cheery, and in his neighbourly soft-smiling eyes we see so well our own shadow, - we have a longing always to cross-question him.