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pull strings

To manipulate, especially by asking favours of.

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  • Suggesting a puppet show, where characters are moved by pulling attached strings.
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He has the job not because of talent, but because his dad pulled strings with the boss.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'pull strings':

Pull StringsTo secretly influence something with great impact, to control something from distance
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