The technician inspected the guy wires before the storm to make sure the antenna wouldn't collapse.

The prison perimeter was reinforced with razor wires to prevent escape.

The technician secured the bobbed wires to the connector before testing the circuit.

The surgeon carefully removed the K-wires from the patient's fractured wrist after confirming bone healing on the X-ray.

The live-wires in the marketing team brainstormed a viral campaign in under an hour.

The technician carefully labeled the fly-wires before reassembling the circuit board.

It's easy to get one's wires crossed when emails lack context, so I called to clarify.

Avoid getting one's wires crossed by clarifying expectations before the project starts.

In the busy office, one got one's wires crossed and missed the deadline.

The phrase 'gotten one's wires crossed' is an informal way to say two people misunderstood each other.