pull a wire

VERB

arrange

Synonyms

STRONGEST

construct decide design determine draft establish lay out manage negotiate organize prepare promote provide resolve schedule tailor work out

STRONG

adapt adjust blueprint chart compromise concert contrive devise direct frame harmonize project quarterback scheme settle

WEAK

agree to come to terms get act together get ready hammer out a deal iron out line up make a connection make ready map out pull things together set stage shape up work out a deal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disorder disorganize hesitate neglect ruin waver

STRONG

confuse disagree disarrange unfit upset

WEAK

derange disperse disturb mix up not plan scatter

Example Sentences

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Just once, before she left this dump, she’d like to pull a wire inside that machine.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

You would pull a wire or two in Germany.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice

"It's a little room that goes up and down when you pull a wire rope."

From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret