string up

Example Sentences

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Each year the locals would string up the swing; each year the rangers would cut it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Using social media, he rallied hundreds of fellow residents behind a plan to string up their own lights in the center of the city.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Redondo Beach police were called when a group of volleyball players tried to string up their own net where county nets were removed in March, said Nicole Mooradian, of the Department of Beaches & Harbors.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2020

You could string up some old Christmas lights for magical effect; you could tack up a sheet and turn his bed into a hideout.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2020

So, “we used to tie an apple to a string and move the string up and down … making a strange noise every time it would rebound.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock