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

Derived forms: pulled wires, pulling wires, pulls wires

Type of: act upon, influence, work

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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
pullback
puller
pullet
pulley
pulley block
pulley-block
pull-in
pulling out
Pullman
Pullman car