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Discover Ludwig"pull a string" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English.
It can be used to mean to use something as leverage to influence or gain an advantage over someone. For example, "The politician tried to pull a string to get the bill passed quickly".
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"You pull a string through a drum head, and it makes this odd sound," he explained.
So, if I want to pull a string, I just pick up a telephone.
What Matsuno likes about Blythe is that you can pull a string on her back and her eyes change from blue to orange to green to pink.
A small wire cage, it has two doors that snap shut when you pull a string at the top and that open when the tension is released.
Or one of those dolls you pull a string out of, and it says: "You're all so stuffy here, and never change," or a variation.
They can rig it so someone can pull a string and I'll say, 'You rock,' or 'Tighter, tighter, those pants need to be tighter' — the things I say every day".
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He had pulled a string, and I wasn't it.
It is not just pulling a string with your finger and that's it.
"It's like pulling a string on a old sweater," Mr. DeLay said.
The intention includes a small gun, which the aviator can fire in a moment of danger by pulling a string.
After the guests had had a couple of drinks she pulled a string & the rattler began to zizz.
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