pull strings

  • 1pull strings — Ⅰ. pull strings ► also US pull wires) to use your power or influence to get what you want: »She became a journalist for one of the UK s top newspapers after her father pulled strings. Main Entry: ↑string Ⅱ. pull strings …

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  • 2pull\ strings — • pull strings • pull wires v. phr. informal To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can …

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  • 3pull strings — If you pull strings, you use contacts you have got to help you get what you want …

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  • 4pull strings — ► pull strings make use of one s influence to gain an advantage. Main Entry: ↑pull …

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  • 5pull strings — index influence, lobby, manipulate (control unfairly) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6pull strings — verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously He manipulated public opinion in his favor • Syn: ↑manipulate, ↑pull wires • Derivationally related forms: ↑manipulative (for: ↑manipulate), ↑ …

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  • 7pull strings —    If you pull strings, you use contacts you have got to help you get what you want.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone pulls strings, they use influential friends in order to obtain an advantage.     David found a job easily his… …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 8pull strings — or[pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 9pull strings — or[pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 10Pull strings —   If you pull strings, you use contacts you have got to help you get what you want …

    Dictionary of English idioms