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over the wire

over the wire adjective: of communications, information, data, or signals electronically transmitted from one location to another.

Adjective

over the wire (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Of communications, information, data, or signals electronically transmitted from one location to another.

Origin of over the wire

Originated in the 1800s with the telegraph but remains a common idiom today across several industries.

Questions about over the wire

What does over the wire mean?
Over the wire means of communications, information, data, or signals electronically transmitted from one location to another.
What part of speech is over the wire?
Over the wire is an adjective.

Words near over the wire in the dictionary

  1. over the river and through the woods
  2. over the top
  3. over the transom
  4. over the way
  5. over the wicket
  6. over the wire
  7. over there
  8. over time
  9. over to
  10. Over Wallop
  11. over well

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