| VERB | motion | hot-wire | start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock |
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| Meaning | start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van" | |
| Broader | start, start up | get going or set in motion |
| Spanish | hacer un puente | |
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