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string along
verb
move or come along
• Syn: ↑string
• Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march on, ↑go on
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

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informal stay with or accompany a person or group casually or as long as it is convenient

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string along [phrasal verb]
1 string (someone) along : to continue to deceive or trick (someone) for a long time

He was just stringing us along with false promises.

He really loved her but she was just stringing him along. [=making him think that she loved him so she could use him]

2 string along with (someone or something) Brit, informal : to go with or follow (someone or something)

She strung along with them to the museum.

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Main Entry: ↑string

Useful english dictionary. 2012.