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Pull wires   /pʊl wˈaɪərz/   Listen
Pull wires

verb
1.
Influence or control shrewdly or deviously.  Synonyms: manipulate, pull strings.





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"Pull wires" Quotes from Famous Books



... be prostitutes, and the men to be ex-convicts, forgers, gamblers, or what not. Sometimes they didn't tell their past records until the other side unearthed them, and then it was necessary to doctor court records, and pull wires ...
— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair


Words linked to "Pull wires" :   influence, act upon, work, manipulate, pull strings


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