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get your wires crossed

idiom/ɡɛt jʊr ˈwaɪɚz krɔst/

to misunderstand each other due to miscommunication

I thought we were meeting at 6, but she thought it was 7—we must have gotten our wires crossed.

word origin — From early telephone exchanges — when operators accidentally crossed wires, callers reached the wrong people entirely.