string on

Verb

Meaning

string on (third-person singular simple present strings on, present participle stringing on, simple past and past participle strung on)

To continue to convince (someone) of something untrue; to maintain a lie or scam aimed at (someone).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

string along

Examples

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite. Alan Cohen

I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me. Lincoln Steffens

There's nothing better for kids than a bucket and shovel at the beach. I grew up across the marsh from The Citadel. We loved buying chicken necks at the Piggly Wiggly, tying them to a string on a stick and catching blue crabs. Thomas Gibson

Close letter words and terms

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