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to hot-wire
01
to start a car's engine without the key by using the wires attached to it
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
hot-wire
3rd person singular
hot-wires
Present participle
hot-wiring
Past simple
hot-wired
Past participle
hot-wired
Examples
The thief attempted to hot-wire the car, bypassing the ignition system to steal the vehicle.
