string sth out
— phrasal verb with string uk/strɪŋ/us/strɪŋ/verb [ T ] strung, strung
(GROUP)
If a group of similar things or people are strung out, they are in a long line with spaces between each one:
Most of Canada's population is strung out along its 5,525-mile border with the US
The geese were strung out along the river bank.
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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(ACTIVITY)
to make an activity last longer than necessary:
I think the lawyer's just stringing out the case so that he'll earn more money.
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Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run on
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- stick
- string
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