He has the job not because of talent, but because his dad pulled strings with the boss.
We are grateful to Jack because by pulling strings, he made us saw the concert in the very first row.
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to pull strings
pull outpull outpull out all the stopsPull out All the Stopspull out of one's asspull out of the firepull out of the hatpull overpull punchespull punchespull rankpull somebody's legpull someone down a pegpull someone's bacon out of the firepull someone's legpull teethpull teethpull the other legpull the other onepull the other one, it's got bells onpull the other one, it's got bells onpull the other one, it's got brass bell…pull the plugpull the plugpull the plugpull the plugpull the rug out from underpull the rug out from under someonePull the Rug out from Under Youpull the trigger
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