wired upadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌwaɪəd ˈʌp/us/ˌwaɪrd ˈʌp/UK US wiredwired up adjective [ after verb ] (WEARING WIRE)
secretly provided with an electronic device that records conversations:
The negotiators were wired up when they talked to the kidnappers.
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International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- deep state
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the inside idiom
- operative
- phone tapping
- scout
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy on sb/sth
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- wiretap
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wired up adjective [ after verb ] (EXCITED)
informal nervous or excited about a future event:
I was totally wired up before the interview.
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
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