💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "String on"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| string alongverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions. |
| have someone goingverb | (colloquial) To temporarily convince someone of a falsehood. |
| hook inverb | (transitive) To be introduced to; to join up with; to become involved with. |
| rope-a-dopenoun | (boxing) A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake. |
| put up toverb | (idiomatic, ditransitive) To encourage or trick (someone) to perform (an action which is foolish or wrong). |
| lead someone up the garden pathverb | (idiomatic) To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone. |
| rope intoverb | To inveigle someone into (doing something) that they are reluctant to do. |
| take the baitverb | (figuratively) To be lured by an offer, flattery, or a provocation into doing something, especially something disadvantageous or dubious. |
| yank someone's chainverb | (informal, idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. |
| pull someone's chainverb | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, chain. |
| have a lend of someone | — |
| give the lieverb | Used in give the lie to. |
| haveverb | (transitive) To possess, own. |
| get someone in a lineverb | (archaic, slang) To hoax or entrap somebody, so as to get some sport out of them. |
| pushnoun | An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action. |
| noodlenoun | (usually in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients. |
| blagnoun | An attempt to obtain, or the means of obtaining, something by guile or persuasion; a trick. |
| hold over someone's headverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To harp on; to remind continuously (especially of a misstep or defeat). |
| sticknoun | An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. |
| spin a yarnverb | (idiomatic) To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched. |
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