| 单词 | to give the wire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (or get) the (also a) wire P3. slang. to give (or get) the (also a) wire: to give or get a private warning or message. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn (a person) of imminent danger or evil [verb (transitive)] warnc1000 forewarnc1330 monisha1382 premonisha1530 awarn1590 preadmonish1632 prewarna1637 preadvise1651 alarm1663 advertise1825 to give (or get) the (also a) wire1897 1897 Worker (Sydney) 11 Sept. 1/1 The ‘bloke’ gives him a ‘wire’ that ‘the tree’ is coming down. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 307 Wire, to give the, to give a secret warning. 1930 E. H. Lavine Third Degree xvi. 210 The real thieves get ‘a wire’, and play poker. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid vi. 60 He'd been straight with her and had given her the wire right in the beginning. 1972 R. Busby Reasonable Man xviii. 161 He gave me the wire that there was a big one coming off. 2004 O. McCafferty in Singular (Male) Voices 48 You should have told me da..you should have give me the wire about all this y'know. < as lemmas |
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