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hot-wire

verb
verb
BrE BrE//ˈhɒt waɪə(r)//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈhɑːt waɪər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hot-wire
BrE BrE//ˈhɒt waɪə(r)//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈhɑːt waɪər//
 he / she / it hot-wires
BrE BrE//ˈhɒt waɪəz//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈhɑːt waɪərz//
 past simple hot-wired
BrE BrE//ˈhɒt waɪəd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈhɑːt waɪərd//
 past participle hot-wired
BrE BrE//ˈhɒt waɪəd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈhɑːt waɪərd//
 -ing form hot-wiring
BrE BrE//ˈhɒt waɪərɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈhɑːt waɪərɪŋ//
 Motoring problems and accidents
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hot-wire something (informal) to start the engine of a vehicle by using a piece of wire instead of a key He hot-wired a truck and drove it through a prison fence. Oxford Collocations DictionaryHot-wire is used with these nouns as the object: car
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