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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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

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

Once in New York, I can pull wires, if need be.

From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane

Sometimes they didn't tell their past records until the other side unearthed them, and then it was necessary to doctor court records, and pull wires all over the country.

From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Sinclair, Upton

"I've been trying to pull wires for you all afternoon, and this is what it comes to."

From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert

pull wires

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