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Definition: Pull Strings |
Pull StringsVerb1. Influence or control shrewdly or deviously: "He manipulated public opinion in his favor.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Pull StringsSynonyms: manipulate (v), pull wires (v). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "pull strings"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حرك الخيوط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ходатайствувам (intercede, petition, solicit), дърпам конците. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stát v pozadí a řídit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beziehungen spielen lassen (to pull strings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למשוך בחוטים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | protekciót vesz igénybe (to pull strings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "る (to manipulate, to operate, to pull strings), "る (to manipulate, to operate, to pull strings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あやつる (to manipulate, to operate, to pull strings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ullpay ingsstray нажимать тайные пружины. (various references) povlačiti konce. (various references) mover palancas. (various references) hålla i trådarna. (various references) torpil yaptırmak (pull the wires, work the oracle), gizlice yönetmek. (various references) та"мно впливати. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-l-n-p-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: lustrings. | |
-3 letters: lustring, rustling, slurping, spurting, trussing, tussling. | |
-4 letters: insults, lusting, lutings, pignuts, pulings, pulling, pulsing, purists, purling, purlins, pursing, rulings, rusting, splints, springs, sprints, strings, turnips, unspilt, unsplit, upstirs. | |
-5 letters: glints, grills, grists, grunts, guilts, inputs, insult, lungis, lupins, luring, luting, pignus, pignut, prills, prints, puling, purins, purist, purlin, ruling, rutins, sirups, situps. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Images: Slideshow 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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