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1pull the strings — Ⅰ. pull the strings ► the person who pulls the strings in a particular organization, situation, etc. makes the important decisions about it and controls it: »Shareholders are concerned because they no longer really know who is pulling the strings …
2pull the strings — phrase if someone is pulling the strings, they are controlling a situation and the people in it, especially secretly It’s the record company, not the band, that is really pulling the strings. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym Main entry: pull * * …
3pull the strings — ► pull the strings be in control of events or of other people s actions. Main Entry: ↑pull …
4pull the strings — index predominate (command) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5pull the strings — if someone is pulling the strings, they are controlling a situation and the people in it, especially secretly It s the record company, not the band, that is really pulling the strings …
6pull the strings — to be in control of an organization, often secretly. I d really like to know who s pulling the strings in that organization, because it s not the elected committee …
7pull the strings — be in control of events or of other people s actions. → pull …
8pull the strings — control the situation from behind the scenes …
9pull the string(s) (to) — Track a problem to resolution; manage, control. ► “Future graduates of Ecole Nationale d’Administration . . . manage big companies, and pull the strings of the centralized economy” (Business Week, Nov. 18, 1994, p. 31) …
10Pull My Strings — was a song by the Dead Kennedys, written by DK lead singer Jello Biafra and drummer Ted specifically for the 1980 Bay Area Music Awards. The song would not find its way onto a record until 1987 s Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death .The song,… …