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string along
verb
Definition of STRING ALONG
transitive verb1
: to keep waiting <strung him along until the boss was back from lunch>
intransitive verb
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First Known Use of STRING ALONG
1914
Related to STRING ALONG
- Synonyms
- bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, deceive, sucker, suck in, take in, trick
- Antonyms
- undeceive
Rhymes with STRING ALONG
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