as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships
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Recent Examples of string along
Published in March 2023, the coverage exposed the negligence of real estate developer Doug Cox, who strung along buyers who paid down payments for 4,000-square-foot townhouses in Coconut Grove in 2018.
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Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
Then there’s the transmission system — those big high towers with lots of cables strung along them.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
Damascus excels at stringing along negotiations, and the UN talks in Geneva that Washington has pinned its hopes on are stalemated.
—Robert S. Ford, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2021
The small towns strung along the Long Island Sound combine quiet coastal beauty and gobs of old-timey charm (think picture-perfect inns and cozy taverns).
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
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Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
Then there’s the transmission system — those big high towers with lots of cables strung along them.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
Damascus excels at stringing along negotiations, and the UN talks in Geneva that Washington has pinned its hopes on are stalemated.
—Robert S. Ford, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2021
The small towns strung along the Long Island Sound combine quiet coastal beauty and gobs of old-timey charm (think picture-perfect inns and cozy taverns).
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for string along
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Other sculptures show how Raven tricks his way into the nobleman's home.Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
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Add them all up and see if October tricked you into a doomscrolling coma or treated you to touching grass.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Don't be fooled: the CFP's rankings are what determines whether a team will be in the playoffs.Ross Terrell, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The defendants’ last-minute attempt to rebrand their ER reboot as The Pitt is not fooling anyone.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Decisions made in good faith leave you vulnerable to being deceived as the moon clashes with Neptune.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Read our interview with the author here—then give it a download and prepare to get sucked in.Sarah Felbin, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
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The industry's hunger has led to a data land grab: Companies are vying to teach their baby AIs using information sucked in from many different sources — sometimes with the owner's permission, often without it — before new laws and court rulings make that harder.Ina Fried, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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“String along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/string%20along. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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