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Verb: pull strings
Usage: informal
  1. Influence or control shrewdly or deviously
    - manipulate, pull wires [N. Amer]

Derived forms: pulling strings, pulls strings, pulled strings

Type of: act upon, influence, work

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pull down
pull in
pull in one's horns
pull off
pull one's weight
pull out
pull out all the stops
pull over
pull round
pull someone's leg
pull strings
pull tab
pull the leg of
pull the plug
pull the wool over someone's eyes
pull through
pull together
pull up
pull up short
pull up stakes
pull wires