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crossing the wires

crossing the wires is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about crossing the wires

What is crossing the wires the present participle and gerund of?
Crossing the wires is the present participle and gerund of cross the wires.

Words near crossing the wires in the dictionary

  1. crossing the streams
  2. crossing the Styx
  3. crossing the t's and dotting the i's
  4. crossing the Thames
  5. crossing the Tiber
  6. crossing the wires
  7. crossing time
  8. crossing times
  9. crossing up
  10. crossing wires
  11. crossing-out

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