string along

verb

strung along; stringing along; strings along

Synonyms of string along next

transitive verb

: to keep waiting

strung him along until the boss was back from lunch

: deceive, fool

stringing us along with ruses and red herrings—

John Powers

intransitive verb

: go along, agree

held her tongue and strung along with the rest of them

Examples of string along in a Sentence

the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships

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Downtown Lake Placid is a collection of restaurants, shops and a 1920s-era movie theater that is strung along a cozy main street. —

Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Whether strung along stair rails or draped across a mantle, this garland of gingerbread men and houses brings a fun, on-the-nose element to your seasonal decor. —

Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024 Lights are hung on trees, sometimes in the windows and even strung along roofs. —

Megan Stein, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 And in the weeks since, events across the U.S and even in Europe have popped up and had at least one interesting tidbit to keep people strung along. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for string along