Here is what really happens when you press that green button and transmit your tax return. 1  First, we stamp the return with an electronic postmark, and then we send it to the government. 2  Then we both wait 24 to 48 hours for the IRS to accept your return.
get your lines/wires crossed. if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly. Usage notes: When telephone lines get crossed, a mistake is made and you are connected to the wrong person. Somehow we got our lines crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th.
Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition: 1  trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece(noun) a horizontal beam that extends across something. 2  transom, traverse(noun) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it. 3  traversal, traverse(noun) taking a zigzag path on skis.