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Idioms about string
- to use one's influence or authority, usually in secret, in order to bring about a desired result.
- to gain or attempt to gain one's objectives by means of influential friends, associates, etc.: He had his uncle pull strings to get him a promotion.
on a / the string, Informal. subject to the whim of another; in one's power; dependent: After keeping me on a string for two months, they finally hired someone else.
pull strings / wires,
Origin of string
First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English string, streng, Old English streng; cognate with Dutch streng, German Strang, Old Norse strengr ; akin to Latin stringere “to bind, tie”; (verb) late Middle English stringen “to string a bow,” derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM string
stringless, adjectivestringlike, adjectivere·string, verb, re·strung, re·string·ing.Words nearby string
striking train, Strimmer, Strimon, Strindberg, strine, string, string along, string bag, string band, string bass, string bean
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British Dictionary definitions for string
string
/ (strɪŋ) /
noun
verb strings, stringing or strung (strʌŋ)
Derived forms of string
stringlike, adjectiveWord Origin for string
Old English streng; related to Old High German strang, Old Norse strengr; see strong
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