STRING ALONG Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

string along

verb

Definition of string along

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships

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Recent Examples of string along There’s a reason they’re strung along restaurant patios and hung for wedding receptions. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026 Sure enough, Dick took off with the other packhorses stringing along behind him. — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026 The brand’s beaded bikinis and one-pieces stay relatively streamlined in silhouette, but are adorned with playful rainbow beads strung along straps and ties, translating its accessory language into a new category. — Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 19 May 2026 Last fall, loops of razor-wire fencing were strung along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area, a remote region of far West Texas. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for string along

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That makes sense when a malicious app tricks you into installing it.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Federal prosecutors say Bailey and an associate tricked people out of $2 million from 2018 to 2022.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of trick

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But looks are deceiving in this case – just like the 3X Plus and 3X before it, the trailer stretches out via three individual telescopic segments that emerge at the push of a button.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Facebook's lawyers argued that the state failed to prove whether people were actually harmed by these deceiving statements.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceive

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Once the machine has sucked in the shade-giving limbs and age-ringed trunk, a new development rises from the mulch.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
One high-energy neutrino came from a blazar – a supermassive black hole sucking in matter from its host galaxy and spewing some of it into a jet thousands of light-years long and pointed straight at Earth.

— Tyce DeYoung, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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