To cross your legs is to rest one leg over the other while sitting. Cross your legs at the knee.
How people do it varies by country enough to be noticed, and showing the sole of a shoe is rude in many places. To cross your legs for a long time will send a foot to sleep by pressing on a nerve.
1phrasecross your legsTo rest one leg over the other while sitting.
“She would cross your legs and lean back whenever the meeting dragged.”
cross your legs is a gesture.
Practised in Body Language & Gestures