pull wires


see pull strings.

Words Nearby pull wires

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How to use pull wires in a sentence

  • He began at once to pull wires to land a berth in some other club.

    Baseball Joe on the Giants | Lester Chadwick
  • The pegs, as they turn, raise levers which pull wires in connection with the hammers which strike on the bells.

    Church Bells | H. B. Walters
  • Therein did the thousand lobbyists, who yearly came to roll logs, pull wires and juggle through bills, find their congenial prey.

  • He may lay pipes and pull wires, seeming for a little to succeed.