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on a string
Idioms and Phrases
Under someone's control, as in She'll drop everything whenever Sam asks for something—he's got her on a string . This expression, alluding to pulling an animal on a leash, dates from the late 1500s, when it was put as in a string .Example Sentences
Harris, jumping on a string of chilling remarks by Trump, has spent the closing days of the campaign focusing mainly on her rival's dictatorial and vengeful fantasies.
The oversight commission originally embarked on a string of special hearings in early 2022 as part of an long-term effort to investigate deputy gangs.
“He knows where defensive players are going to be,” Williams said. “so he can move ‘em on a string.”
It also opens with a sample of Sandie Shaw's Puppet on a String.
The trailer showed Astro soaring through desert, snow and mountain environments, and taking on a string of quirky enemies.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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