to agree with or go along with an idea or suggestion
to go somewhere with someone, especially because you have nothing else to do
to make someone continue believing something that is false for a long time, especially something about your intentions or beliefs
A large party of guards and carriers strung along behind.
But Britain should probably string along for the time being.
Electricity is now provided free through cables strung along the roads.
Essentially, the storyline is simple: colourful episodes strung along a journey.
FOR the older woman with a lot of money to spare it has long been fashionable to string along with a toy boy.
He looked more like a chartered accountant than a flamboyant lover who strung along wealthy and self-confident women.
His investigation found that the man was married and was stringing along a dozen other women in cities across India.
If you’re going shopping, can I string along?
I’ll string along with your plan and see what happens.
Now it looks as though he has been strung along and badly used.
Set up two posts and a string along the top of the hedge to get a straight edge.
She’s just stringing you along – she won’t marry you.
Why would anyone put up with being strung along like this?
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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