string out

Meaning

1. string sth out

   to make sth last longer than expected or necessary

   They seem determined to string the talks out for an indefinite period.

In the movies · 1

• God, I wish this were a bus where I could pull the string and get out.Deadpool 22018

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• have another string strings to your bow
• apron strings
• how long is a piece of string
• pull strings
• pull the strings
• string along
• string along
• string together
• string up