wear a wire

wear a wire

To wear a concealed electronic device (traditionally involving wires taped to one's body) in order to record private conversations. The FBI want me to wear a wire and incriminate my bosses. If they discover that he's wearing a wire, they'll have him killed!
See also: wear, wire
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • black up
  • dress for
  • dress for (someone or something)
  • wear the pants in the house
  • freeball
  • freeballing
  • sunshades
  • civvies
  • eaten
  • de rigeur