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crosses the wires

crosses the wires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross the wires.

Meaning of cross the wires

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)

  1. Of a news story: to break; to be published.
    • 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

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What is crosses the wires the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Crosses the wires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross the wires.

Words near crosses the wires in the dictionary

  1. crosses the streams
  2. crosses the Styx
  3. crosses the t's and dots the i's
  4. crosses the Thames
  5. crosses the Tiber
  6. crosses the wires
  7. crosses to bear
  8. crosses up
  9. crosses wires
  10. crossest
  11. crosseth

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