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Phrase(s): strung out
1. extended in time; overly long. • Why was that lecture so strung out? She talked and talked. • It was strung out because there was very little to be said. 2. Sl. doped or drugged. • Bob acted very strangely—as if he were strung out or something. • I’ve never seen Bob or any of his friends strung out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs