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Get one's wires crossed
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.
"We got our wires crossed so I went to the bus station and she to the railway station."
Synonyms
wire
xed
pledged
take
brace
enter
rank
split
check
checking
crisscross
crisscrossed
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