pull strings

Strongest matches

• arrange
• come up with
• conceive
• concoct
• create
• direct
• manage
• manipulate
• negotiate
• organize
• set up
• supervise

Strong matches

• angle
• cause
• con
• contrive
• control
• cook
• doctor
• effect
• encompass
• finagle
• jockey
• machinate
• maneuver
• operate
• originate
• plan
• plant
• plot
• rig
• scam
• scheme
• superintend
• swing
• upstage
• wangle
• work

Weak matches

• play games
• pull wires
• put one on
• put one over
• put over
• put through

Strongest matches

• facilitate
• promote
• side with

Strong matches

• abet
• accommodate
• advance
• aid
• assist
• befriend
• esteem
• further
• gratify
• humor
• indulge
• oblige
• spare
• spoil
• value

Weak matches

• be partial to
• do a kindness
• do right by
• make exception
• play favorites
• show consideration
• smile upon
• treat well

Strong matches

• angle
• bluff
• exploit
• jockey
• play
• rig
• wangle

Weak matches

• beguile
• finagle
• operate
• play games
• pull wires

Strongest matches

• buy
• reach

Strong matches

• bribe
• corrupt
• fiddle
• lubricate
• maneuver
• square
• suborn

Weak matches

• buy off
• tamper with

Strongest matches

• affect
• alter
• arouse
• bias
• change
• determine
• guide
• impress
• manipulate
• persuade
• prejudice
• prompt
• regulate
• shape
• sway

Strong matches

• brainwash
• bribe
• channel
• compel
• control
• count
• direct
• dispose
• form
• impel
• incite
• incline
• induce
• instigate
• modify
• mold
• move
• predispose
• prevail
• rouse
• rule
• seduce
• sell
• snow
• soft sell
• train
• turn
• urge

Weak matches

• act upon
• argue into
• be recognized
• bring to bear
• carry weight
• get at
• have a part in
• impact on
• talk into
• work upon

Strongest matches

• campaign for
• persuade
• politick
• press
• promote
• push
• request
• solicit
• sway
• urge

Strong matches

• advance
• affect
• alter
• bill
• billboard
• boost
• change
• drum
• further
• hype
• induce
• influence
• modify
• pitch
• plug
• pressure
• procure
• sell
• soft-soap
• splash
• spot
• sweet-talk
• thump

Weak matches

• bring pressure to bear
• build up
• exert influence
• hard sell
• high-pressure
• make a pitch for
• put pressure on
• sell on
• soft-sell
• solicit votes

Strong matches

• cogitate
• collude
• connive
• conspire
• contrive
• design
• devise
• engineer
• finagle
• hatch
• intrigue
• invent
• plan
• promote
• scheme
• wangle

Weak matches

• come up with
• play games
• trump up

Strongest matches

• achieve
• carry out
• deal with
• work

Strong matches

• arrange
• con
• contrive
• cook
• doctor
• effect
• engineer
• execute
• finagle
• fix
• jockey
• plant
• rig
• scam
• succeed
• swing
• upstage
• wangle

Weak matches

• bring about
• bring off
• cope with
• play games
• push around
• put one over

Strongest matches

• exploit
• jockey
• manipulate
• navigate
• operate

Strong matches

• angle
• beguile
• cheat
• con
• conspire
• contrive
• cook
• design
• devise
• doctor
• engineer
• fence
• finagle
• finesse
• intrigue
• machinate
• manage
• move
• play
• plot
• proceed
• rig
• scam
• sham
• shift
• trick
• upstage
• wangle
• work

Weak matches

• come up with
• go around
• leave holding the bag
• play games
• push around
• put one over

Strongest matches

• exploit
• handle
• influence
• maneuver
• shape

Strong matches

• beguile
• conduct
• control
• direct
• engineer
• finagle
• guide
• jockey
• machinate
• massage
• mold
• negotiate
• play
• steer
• upstage
• use

Weak matches

• finesse
• play games
• pull wires
• push around

Weak matches

• angle
• beguile
• bluff
• exploit
• finagle
• finesse
• jockey
• maneuver
• manipulate
• operate
• play
• play games
• pull wires
• rig
• wangle

Strongest matches

• buy
• call for
• charge
• direct
• hire
• instruct
• obtain
• request
• require
• tell
• warn

Strong matches

• adjure
• bid
• book
• decree
• dictate
• enact
• engage
• enjoin
• ordain
• prescribe
• reserve
• secure

Weak matches

• apply for
• call the shots
• call the signals
• contract for
• rule the roost
• send away for