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idiompull (some) stringsto secretly use your influence with important people in order to get what you want or to help someone else:Look, I have to get to New York tonight. I'm on standby with Pan Am - can you pull any strings and get me a seat?Fortunately, my mother rushed about pulling strings and got me a place in the students' hostel.string-pulling: Joseph knew that his son would never get into art school without some serious string-pulling.
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