cross the wires
English
Verb
cross the wires (third-person singular simple present crosses the wires, present participle crossing the wires, simple past and past participle crossed the wires)
- Of a news story: to break; to be published.
- 2009, Laurence H. Meyer, A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View (page 16)
- He called me shortly after the story crossed the wires and cursed at me nonstop for minutes.
- 2009, Laurence H. Meyer, A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View (page 16)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Synonym of get one's wires crossed