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pull wires

VERB
engineer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrange come up with conceive concoct create direct manage manipulate negotiate organize set up supervise
STRONG
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
play games pull strings put one on put one over put over put through
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy disarrange disorder disorganize mismanage
STRONG
forget ignore leave alone neglect
VERB
finesse
Synonyms
STRONG
angle bluff exploit jockey play rig wangle
WEAK
beguile finagle operate play games pull strings
Antonyms
WEAK
bobble mishandle
VERB
manipulate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exploit handle influence maneuver shape
STRONG
beguile conduct control direct engineer finagle guide jockey machinate massage mold negotiate play steer upstage use
WEAK
finesse play games pull strings push around
Antonyms
STRONGEST
neglect
STRONG
abandon leave leave alone misguide mislead
VERB
one-up
Synonyms
WEAK
angle beguile bluff exploit finagle finesse jockey maneuver manipulate operate play play games pull strings rig wangle

Example Sentences

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He declared that he had made no attempts to pull wires for the publisher, and denied connection with anyone else mentioned in the case.

From Time Magazine Archive

So when the I.C.C. grants his latest request, Mr. Crowley, nicknamed "Pull 80 Cars" for his initials and industry, will have the right to pull wires on the boards of 107 roads.*

From Time Magazine Archive

I could pull wires and get you into one of the embassies——" "I'm no diplomat, and don't want to be.

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

He may lay pipes and pull wires, seeming for a little to succeed.

From The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men by Jordan, David Starr

But the crowd will pull every wire to get you off, and they can pull wires, all right—" "But on what evidence am I arrested?

From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn