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get your wires crossed

Idiom Communication

Meaning

to misunderstand someone or something

Example Sentences

"We must have got our wires crossed, because I thought the meeting was tomorrow."

Related Expressions

glide over

to deal with something briefly without detail

lighten up

to stop being so serious or stressed

Fine tuning

small adjustments to improve something

fish for

to try to get something such as information or praise

take apart

to disassemble something into pieces

burst of creativity

a sudden outpouring of creative ideas