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Phrase(s): string along (with someone)
1. to follow with someone. • Do you mind if I string along with you? • I don’t mind if you string along. 2. to agree with someone’s policies and actions. • Okay. I will string along with you this time, but I don’t know about the future. • I would appreciate it if you would string along just this one time., Phrase(s): string someone along
to maintain someone’s attention or interest, probably insincerely. • You are just stringing me along because you like to borrow my car. You are not a real friend. • Rachel strung her along for the sake of old times.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Go along with someone, accompany or follow, as in I decided to string along with them, just to see what might happen. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]. 2. Agree, as in We knew that three committee members would string along with us for now. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] 3. String someone along. Keep someone waiting or in a state of uncertainty; also, fool or deceive someone. For example, We were stringing them along, hoping that we'd get a better offer, or She was in tears when she found out that he'd just been stringing her along. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
American Heritage Idioms