string along

Meaning

1. 1

   string along (with sb)British

   to go somewhere with sb, especially because you have nothing else to do

2. 2

   string sb along

   to allow sb to believe sth that is not true, for example that you love them, intend to help them, etc.

   She has no intention of giving you a divorce; she's just stringing you along.

In the movies · 5

• Don't string her along.End of Watch2012
• Charlie, you've been stringing them along for months.Adaptation.2002
• We string him along and the price goes up. Don't you see that?Local Hero1983
• I'll string along, leastways till the shooting starts.Shane1953
• Taking everything he's had to take, stringing along with him, whatever happens.Saboteur1942

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