Definition of gotten someone's wires crossed

get (one's) wires crossed    

verb

• to become confused.

                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "Can You Hear Me Now?", Pretty Little Liars (TV, 2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: absent minded, forgetful, confused.

  Last edited on Jul 01 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 01 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'absent minded, forgetful, confused':
lunchbox	Definitions include: someone that is extremely lunching.
lunching	Definitions include: absent minded, inattentive.
out to lunch	Definitions include: excellent, very attractive, etc.
kumfumbled	Definitions include: confused or lost, typically when thinking or trying to figure something out.
zonked	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
astronaut's wife	Definitions include: a good looking older woman who by appearance and style suggests she leads a pampered lifestyle.
space queen	Definitions include: a female who is inattentive or forgetful: "spaced-out."
ditzy	Definitions include: absent-minded.
out of it	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'cross':
cross	Definitions include: to do something bad to a person.
cross it	Definitions include: to have sex with
cross (one's) fingers	Definitions include: a physical gesture one performs for good luck.
cross swords	Definitions include: when two or more males urinate in the same basin.
cross the line	Definitions include: to do something inappropriate.
fingers crossed	Definitions include: to express that one is literally or figuratively crossing their fingers in order to bring about good luck.
have a cross to bear	Definitions include: to have a grievance.
XTL	Definitions include: acronym for "crossing the line", that is: inappropriate (offensive or insensitive in nature, overstepping social norms.)
Other terms relating to 'get':
as all get-out	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
bend over and get screwed	Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen.
bend over get f*cked	Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble."
BOGO	Definitions include: "buy one get one" free.
don't get it twisted	Definitions include: don't be mistaken; "believe it".
from the get-go	Definitions include: from the beginning.
GBTW	Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work".
get	Definitions include: to leave.
get a bit on the side	Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other.
get a buzz on	Definitions include: to acquire a buzz.
get a charge from	Definitions include: to be excited by.
get a charge out of	Definitions include: to enjoy.
get a clue	Definitions include: see clue.
get a five finger discount	Definitions include: to steal.
get a fix	Definitions include: to ingest a drug.
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Other terms relating to 'wire':
down to the wire	Definitions include: with very little time remaining.
hot-wire	Definitions include: to start a motor vehicle without keys.
live wire	Definitions include: an energetic person.
Outside the wire	Definitions include: Outside the wire
wire	Definitions include: a hidden microphone used to record conversations.

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