get your lines crossed

get your lines crossed
get (your) lines/wires crossed if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly.

Somehow we got our lines crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th.


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  • get your wires crossed — If people get their wires cross, they misunderstand each other, especially when making arrangements.  ( Get your lines crossed is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • get your wires crossed — get (your) lines/wires crossed if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly. Somehow we got our lines crossed because I d got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th …   New idioms dictionary

  • get lines crossed — get (your) lines/wires crossed if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly. Somehow we got our lines crossed because I d got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th …   New idioms dictionary

  • get wires crossed — get (your) lines/wires crossed if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly. Somehow we got our lines crossed because I d got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th …   New idioms dictionary

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  • cross — cross1 W2S2 [krɔs US kro:s] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go from one side to another)¦ 2¦(cross a line etc)¦ 3¦(two roads/lines etc)¦ 4¦(legs/arms/ankles)¦ 5 cross somebody s mind 6 cross somebody s face 7 cross your fingers 8¦(breed of plant/animal)¦ 9 somebody …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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