pull wires
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So when the I.C.C. grants his latest request, Mr. Crowley, nicknamed "Pull 80 Cars" for his initials and industry, will have the right to pull wires on the boards of 107 roads.*
From Time Magazine Archive
He declared that he had made no attempts to pull wires for the publisher, and denied connection with anyone else mentioned in the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could pull wires and get you into one of the embassies——" "I'm no diplomat, and don't want to be.
From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Sometimes they didn't tell their past records until the other side unearthed them, and then it was necessary to doctor court records, and pull wires all over the country.
From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Sinclair, Upton
He may lay pipes and pull wires, seeming for a little to succeed.
From The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men by Jordan, David Starr
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