pull strings (or US pull wires)

pull strings (or US pull wires)
pull strings (or US pull wires)
make use of one's influence and contacts to gain an advantage.
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  • pull\ wires — • pull strings • pull wires v. phr. informal To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pull wires — verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously He manipulated public opinion in his favor • Syn: ↑manipulate, ↑pull strings • Derivationally related forms: ↑manipulative (for: ↑manipulate), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull wires — See: PULL STRINGS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pull wires — See: PULL STRINGS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pull wires — phrasal see pull strings …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pull strings — Ⅰ. pull strings ► also US pull wires) to use your power or influence to get what you want: »She became a journalist for one of the UK s top newspapers after her father pulled strings. Main Entry: ↑string Ⅱ. pull strings …   Financial and business terms

  • pull\ strings — • pull strings • pull wires v. phr. informal To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pull strings (for somebody) — pull ˈstrings (for sb) idiom (NAmE also pull ˈwires) (informal) to use your influence in order to get an advantage for sb Main entry: ↑pullidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull strings — verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously He manipulated public opinion in his favor • Syn: ↑manipulate, ↑pull wires • Derivationally related forms: ↑manipulative (for: ↑manipulate), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull — v. & n. v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin of the force (stop pulling my hair). 2 tr. cause to move in this way (pulled it nearer; pulled me into the room). 3 intr. exert a pulling force (the horse… …   Useful english dictionary

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