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strings Ⅰ noun 1 the female legs US, 1963. 2 spaghetti US, 1956 Ⅱ ⇨ string beans; strings noun jeans. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
idiomstrings► hold/control the purse stringspull (some) stringsto secretly use your influence with important people in order to get what you want or to help someone else:Look, I have to get to New York tonight. I'm on standby with Pan Am - can you pull any strings and get me a seat?Fortunately, my mother rushed about pulling strings and got me a place in the students' hostel.string-pulling: Joseph knew that his son would never get into art school without some serious string-pulling.pull the strings(also pull sb's strings)to control what another person or an organization does, without having a right or any official power to do this:For generations our young people have been led to believe that Britain and America secretly pull the strings in their country.Many people today feel that they have lost control of their lives, and become puppets with someone else pulling their strings.NoteThis idiom comes from a puppet (=a model of a person or animal with strings attached to parts of its body). The person who pulls the strings controls the movement of the puppet. with no strings (attached)(also without strings)used in order to say that an agreement or arrangement has no unpleasant or unexpected parts, so that someone can get or do what they want without having to give or do anything they do not want to:A boyfriend offered me a job in Amman, with no strings attached.We are getting more troops from Britain, and we are getting them without strings.The usefulness of the new grant will depend on the strings attached to its use.
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See:- another string to (one's) bow
- another string to your bow
- apron string
- apron strings
- apron strings, tied to (someone's)
- apron-string hold
- apron-string tenure
- be tied to (one's) mother's apron strings
- be tied to (something's) apron strings
- be tied to something's apron strings
- be tied to your mother's apron strings
- control the purse strings
- control/hold the purse strings
- cut the apron strings
- harp on
- harp on one string
- harp on the same string
- have (someone) on a string
- have (someone) on the string
- have a second string to (one's) bow
- have a second string to your bow
- have another string to (one's) bow
- have another string/more strings to your bow
- have many strings to (one's) bow
- have more strings to (one's) bow
- have more than one string to (one's) bow
- have more than one string to fiddle
- have no strings attached
- have on the string
- have someone on a string
- have strings attached
- have the world on a string
- have two strings to (one's) bow
- have/keep somebody on a string
- hold the purse strings
- How long is a piece of string?
- keep (one) on a string
- latch string is always out
- loosen the apron strings
- loosen the purse strings
- no strings
- no strings attached
- on a string
- on the string
- play on the/(one's) heartstrings
- pull (some/a few) strings
- pull strings
- pull strings, to
- pull the string
- pull the strings
- purse strings
- second string
- shoestring budget
- streak of bad luck
- streak of good luck
- string (one) up
- string along
- string bean
- string out
- string to (one's) bow
- string together
- string up
- strings attached
- the first string
- the latch string is always out
- third string
- tied to (one's) apron strings
- tied to apron strings
- tied to his mother's apron strings
- tied to mother's apron strings
- tied to someone's apron strings
- tighten the purse strings
- two strings to (one's) bow
- two strings to one's bow
- with no strings attached
- with strings
- with strings attached
- without any strings attached
- your mother's, wife's, etc. apron strings
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