Antonyms for string along

Grammar : Verb

Spell : string

Phonetic Transcription : strɪŋ

Definition of string along

Origin : Old English streng "line, cord, thread," from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (cf. Old Norse strengr, Danish streng, Middle Dutch strenge, Dutch streng, Old High German strang, German Strang "rope, cord"), from *strang- "taut, stiff," from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see strain). Gradually restricted by early Middle English to lines that are smaller than a rope. Sense of "a number of objects arranged in a line" first recorded late 15c.
Old English meaning "ligaments, tendons" is preserved in hamstring, heartstrings. Meaning "limitations, stipulations" (1888) is American English, probably from the common April Fool's joke of leaving a purse that looks full of money on the sidewalk, then tugging it away with an attached string when someone stoops to pick it up. To pull strings "control the course of affairs" (1860) is from the notion of puppet theater. First string, second string, etc. in athletics (1863) is from archers' custom of carrying spare bowstrings in the event that one breaks. Strings "stringed instruments" is attested from mid-14c. String bean is from 1759; string bikini is from 1974.

verb play with; keep dangling

Example sentences :

Then stretch your string along the course you desire to steam.
Extract from : « Lectures in Navigation » by Ernest Gallaudet Draper

"Dworken, you were a sap to string along with him even that far," I said wearily.
Extract from : « Show Business » by William C. Boyd

So you have decided to string along with your father and Barney?
Extract from : « Children of the Whirlwind » by Leroy Scott

"Maybe I can bluff them, or maybe they'll string along for a while," he said.
Extract from : « Badge of Infamy » by Lester del Rey

So I watched the lightning flare and string along the horizon.
Extract from : « Tales of lonely trails » by Zane Grey

In that case, I string along with the Chief--take what he started to say about you and run it clear across the board for me!
Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith

Oh, they string along all through the loading for two or three days, and from that right up to the last minute.
Extract from : « The Price » by Francis Lynde

And in a moment she set the end of the bow to her foot, and bent the bow, and slipped the string along, and the bow was strung!
Extract from : « The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow » by Allen French

Stretch the string along the line till you come to the end of this line.
Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

A number of lumps of sun-dried flesh were hanging on a string along the wall, and a few bulging liquor skins reposed in a corner.
Extract from : « A Voyage to Arcturus » by David Lindsay

Synonyms for string along

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