string out (something)

1. to be spread in a long, thin line.

Most of Canada's population is strung out along its border with the United States.

The early fast pace soon strung the field of runners out over more than a mile.

2. to make something continue.

Zeb hoped he could string out his vacation as long as possible.

The legal process could string this dispute out for years.

• get the jump on someone
• get the jump on something
• get the measure of
• get the measure of someone
• get the measure of something
• get the message
• get the munchies
• get the nod
• get the picture
• get the push
• get the runaround
• get the sack
• get the shaft
• get the short end
• get the short end of the stick
• get the thumbs down
• get the thumbs up
• get the upper hand
• get the wind up
• get the wind up someone
• get the wrong end of the stick
• get through
• get through to
• get through to someone
• getting on