Related Words for pull the strings

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pull strings
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Phrase, Verb
pull on
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Phrase, Verb
stringing
/x
Noun
manipulates
x/xx
Verb
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
pulling
/x
Verb
pull through
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
puppet master
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
controls
x/
Noun
tugging
/x
Verb
stringed instrument
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Phrase, Noun
pulling out
/x/
Phrase, Noun
orchestrating
/xxx
Verb
pull apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
yanking
/x
Verb
push button
//x
Phrase, Noun
fiddle with
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pull up
//
Phrase, Verb
bowstring
/x
Noun
rubber band
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
pull together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
string tie
//
Phrase, Noun
orchestration
xx/x
Noun
puppet show
/x/
Phrase, Noun
remote control
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
puppetry
/xx
Noun
puppeteer
xx/
Noun
instruments
/xx
Noun
marionette
/xx/
Noun
hand puppet
//x
Phrase, Noun
rope in
/x
Phrase, Verb
play with
//
Phrase, Verb
purse strings
//
Phrase, Noun
instrumentally
xx/xx
Adverb
plucking
/x
Noun
interactive
xx/x
Adjective
apron strings
/x/
Phrase
actuators
/xxx
Noun
unraveled
x/x
Verb
untangling
x/x
Verb
controller
x/x
Noun
retractable
x/xx
Adjective
bungee cord
/x/
Phrase, Noun
twisting
/x
Verb
influence
/xx
Noun
control board
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Phrase, Noun
dexterity
x/xx
Noun
interactivity
xxx/xx
Noun
mechanisms
/xxx
Noun
interaction
xx/x
Noun
abduct
x/
Verb
abstraction
x/x
Noun
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
adduct
/x
Noun, Verb
agent
/x
Noun
amputated
/xxx
Adjective
amusement
x/x
Noun
anchorages
/xxx
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
attachments
x/x
Verb
attract
x/
Verb
attraction
x/x
Noun
attractiveness
x/xx
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
beat back
//
Phrase, Verb
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bitten
/x
Verb
blocks
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
braids
/
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
bring
/
Verb
broadcasters
/xx
Noun
car
/
Noun
cart
/
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cats
/
Noun
chains
/
Noun
channels
/x
Noun
chords
/
Noun
clouds
/
Noun
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
conditions
x/x
Noun
consumer
x/x
Noun
consumption
x/x
Noun
cords
/
Noun
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut in
/x
Phrase, Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
derive
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
distil
x/
Verb
draft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drag
/
Verb, Noun
draught
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw in
/x
Phrase, Verb
drawers
/
Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
each
/
Adverb, Noun
eject
x/
Verb, Noun
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
engage
x/
Verb
exactly
x/x
Adverb
excerpt
/x
Noun, Verb
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
extractive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extricate
/xx
Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fetch
/
Verb, Noun
fetters
/x
Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flexed
/
Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
force
/
Noun, Verb
format
/x
Noun, Verb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fuzz
/
Noun, Verb
garlands
/x
Noun
generic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get out
//
Phrase, Verb
gone
/
Adjective
grab
/
Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
guitar
x/
Noun, Verb
gust
/
Noun, Verb
handler
/x
Noun
haul
/
Verb, Noun
haulage
/x
Noun
heave
/
Verb, Noun
hike
/
Noun, Verb
hitch up
//
Phrase, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hoodie
/x
Noun
hoops
/
Noun
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
identifications
xxxx/x
Noun
identifier
x/xxx
Noun
ids
//
Name
incitement
x/x
Noun
inclination
xx/x
Noun
input
/x
Noun, Verb
instantiated
x/xxx
Verb
jerk
/
Noun, Verb
joker
/x
Noun
jumper
/x
Noun, Verb
keyboard
/x
Noun, Verb
keys
/
Noun
kick
/
Verb, Noun
knobby
/x
Adjective
lance
/
Noun, Verb
learn
/
Verb, Noun
leash
/
Noun, Verb
leave
/
Verb, Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
limp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lines
/
Noun
locale
x/
Noun
lockers
/x
Noun
locks
/
Noun
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
magnetism
/xxx
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
mats
/
Noun
mining
/x
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
multiline
/xx
Adjective, Noun
networks
/x
Noun
nul
/
Noun
null
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
obtain
x/
Verb
optional
/xx
Adjective, Name
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outstretched
x/
Adjective
pegs
/
Noun
perpetrate
/xx
Verb
pick
/
Verb, Noun
pick at
//
Phrase, Verb
pick off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
pigtails
/x
Noun
pinched
/
Adjective
play
/
Verb, Noun
pluck at
//
Phrase, Verb
press
/
Noun, Verb
pry
/
Verb, Noun
puff
/
Noun, Verb
pull at
//
Phrase, Verb
pull in
/x
Phrase, Verb
pull off
//
Phrase, Verb
pull out
//
Phrase, Verb
pullback
/x
Noun
pullout
/x
Noun
pushes
/x
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
ranges
/x
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
reap
/
Verb, Noun
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
recommit
x/x
Verb, Noun
rectangles
/xx
Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
rend
/
Verb, Noun
repel
x/
Verb
repulse
x/
Noun, Verb
retire
x/
Verb, Noun