American business jargon. 2014.
string along — ► string along informal 1) stay with a person or group as long as it is convenient. 2) mislead deliberately over a length of time. Main Entry: ↑string … English terms dictionary
string along — [v] play with; keep dangling bluff, coquet, dally, deceive, dupe, flirt, fool, hoax, lead on*, put one over on*, take for a ride*, toy, trifle, wanton; concept 59 Ant. let go, release … New thesaurus
string along — phrasal verb Word forms string along : present tense I/you/we/they string along he/she/it strings along present participle stringing along past tense strung along past participle strung along 1) string someone along [transitive] to make someone… … English dictionary
string along — verb move or come along • Syn: ↑string • Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march on, ↑go on • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
string along — {v.}, {informal} 1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly. * /Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn t mean to marry him./ * /George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher Sir, but the new boy soon saw that George was … Dictionary of American idioms
string along — {v.}, {informal} 1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly. * /Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn t mean to marry him./ * /George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher Sir, but the new boy soon saw that George was … Dictionary of American idioms
string\ along — v informal 1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly. Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn t mean to marry him. George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher Sir, but the new boy soon saw that George was stringing… … Словарь американских идиом
string along — Synonyms and related words: act with, align with, bamboozle, bedog, beguile, betray, blarney, bluff, butter, butter up, cajole, chase, cheat on, circumvent, come after, come behind, conjure, coquet, dally, deceive, delude, diddle, dog, double… … Moby Thesaurus
string along — 1) must your sister always string along? Syn: go along, come too, accompany someone, join someone 2) I think Daisy is just stringing poor Dave along Syn: mislead, deceive, take advantage of, dupe, hoax, fool, make a fool of … Thesaurus of popular words
string along — pretend that you believe, go along with When Franz talks about shark fishing, I just string along … English idioms
