to pull THE strings =, to control everything that another person or an organization does, to use your power to make a person do things in your favour, we use "to pull strings" when we refer to, a one time thing, a particular ACTION, doing a favour for sb, a person's ROLE as a shadowy puppeteer, a SITUATION that exists for some time with one person controlling others, to use your influence over important people to get something or help someone else, pull (some / a few) strings, pull the strings, I may be able to pull ... strings if you need the document urgently., ___, the, a few, some, I want to know who's pulling ___ strings around here., ____, the, a few, some, to be in control of an organization, often secretly, pull (some / a few) strings, pull the strings, to exercise personal influence, esp secretly or unofficially, pull (some / a few) strings, pull the strings, I may be able to pull ___ strings for you if you need the document urgently., ___, the, a few, some, The CEO is the one who really pulls ___ strings in the company., ____, the, a few, some, The politician was accused of ... to get his son into a prestigious university., pulling (some / a few) strings, pulling the strings, to control events or the actions of other people=, pull strings, pull the strings, He had his uncle pull ... strings to get him a promotion, __, the, some / a few, to gain or attempt to gain one's objectives by means of influential friends, associates, etc., pull strings, pull the strings, It turned out that his brother was the person pulling ... strings behind the operation., ___, the, to have real or ultimate control of something =, pull strings, pull the strings, Many of Anna's colleagues felt that she was pulling ... strings to advance her career., ___, the, Having engineered many of these political changes and pulled ... strings from behind the stage, he now feels it's his due, as it were, to become national leader., ___, the

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