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by wire

by wire prepositional phrase: sent by telegraph or telephone wires.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Sent by telegraph or telephone wires.
  2. (crime) Carried out by subordinates.
  3. Done with a remote control.

Questions about by wire

What does by wire mean?
By wire means sent by telegraph or telephone wires.
What part of speech is by wire?
By wire is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by wire in the dictionary

  1. by turns
  2. by vice of
  3. by virtue of
  4. by way of
  5. by way of example
  6. by wire
  7. by your leave
  8. by your leaves
  9. by'm-by
  10. by'r
  11. by'r lady

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