haywire Neutral 🟢 Beginner (A1)

Adjective
haywire
Meaning

is a common word that means something is broken, malfunctioning, or completely out of control, and it is also the title of a 2011 action thriller movie.
to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable:

  • The television's gone haywire.
  • We have nationalised industries, in which commercial economics seem to have gone haywire.
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