- pull strings
- also pull wires phrasal to exert hidden influence or control
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pull strings
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pull 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 … Financial and business terms
pull\ 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 … Словарь американских идиом
pull strings — If you pull strings, you use contacts you have got to help you get what you want … The small dictionary of idiomes
pull strings — ► pull strings make use of one s influence to gain an advantage. Main Entry: ↑pull … English terms dictionary
pull strings — index influence, lobby, manipulate (control unfairly) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pull 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), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pull 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
pull 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
pull 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
Pull strings — If you pull strings, you use contacts you have got to help you get what you want … Dictionary of English idioms
pull strings (or US pull wires) — make use of one s influence and contacts to gain an advantage. → pull … English new terms dictionary
