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go haywire Rur. to go wrong; to malfunction; to break down. I was talking to Mary when suddenly the telephone went haywire. I haven't heard from her since. There we were, driving along, when the engine went haywire. It was two hours before the tow truck came. go haywire (informal) if a system or machine goes haywire, it stops working as it should and starts working in a way that is completely wrong My CD player goes haywire every time my neighbour uses his cordless phone. go haywire to behave or work in a crazy or disorderly way The system went haywire, and they charged her 71 times for a $50 check. She arrived at work early, hoping to get a lot done, but within minutes things went haywire. Etymology: based on the idea that something is in such bad condition that it has to be held together with haywire (wire used to tie together dried grasses) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Plain and simply, this is inculturation gone haywire. raising alarms that the river is tainted by pollution that drives hormone systems haywire. And he sometimes goes a bit haywire when he tries to describe them in objective ways, for instance of a project by Revel he says it 'was suspended by steel bars drawn to the facades from elevator towers'. |
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