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GO HAYWIRE definition: to stop working correctly: . Learn more.
- Haywire
adjective. informal uk / ˈheɪ.waɪə r/ us / ˈheɪ.waɪr / go...
- Haywire
adjective. informal uk / ˈheɪ.waɪə r/ us / ˈheɪ.waɪr / go haywire. Add to word list. to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable: The television's gone haywire. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Machines - not functioning. act up phrasal verb. balky. blooey. break down phrasal verb. brokenness.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Go haywire'? Hay-wire is the light wire that was used in baling machines to tie up bales of hay. At the turn of the 20th century the expression ‘a haywire outfit’ began to be used in the USA.
to stop working correctly: They told us later in the hospital that his heart had gone haywire. Chcesz dowiedzieć się więcej? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definicja go haywire z Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(informal) go out of control; start functioning or behaving in a very strange way: My printer’s gone haywire. It keeps stopping and starting.
The meaning of HAYWIRE is being out of order or having gone wrong. How to use haywire in a sentence. Did you know?
Co znaczy i jak powiedzieć "go haywire" po polsku? - nawalić, zepsuć się; być nie tak, plątać się; sfiksować, zwariować.