Word info

wire in

Verb

Meaning

wire in (third-person singular simple present wires in, present participle wiring in, simple past and past participle wired in)

Synonym of wire away (“to act with vigour”)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

All this is very good in theory, but in practice, you take a piece of iron, wind a wire around it, then plug the wire in. The core gets hot, the wires smoke, and the fuse blows. So you see, there are practical limitations to theory. James Van Allen

We train very hard under windy conditions. I've actually walked a wire in my backyard with 90-mile-an-hour winds. Nik Wallenda

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