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've been trying to pull wires for you all afternoon, and this is what it comes to."
From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert
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
He can't hamper himself by marriage with an impecunious musician who isn't able to pull wires and help him on.
From The Moon out of Reach by Pedler, Margaret
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