Usually means: Miscommunication due to misunderstood signals.
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  1. cross wires: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross wires: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cross wires: Vocabulary.com
  4. cross wires: Wordnik
  5. Cross wires, cross wires: Dictionary.com
  6. cross wires: FreeDictionary.org
  7. cross wires: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. cross wires: Wiktionary

(Note: See cross_wire as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cross wires)

verb:  To cause difficulty; to interact in a way that generates conflict.
verb:  To interact in a way that causes confusion or interference.
noun:  Synonym of reticle

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