STRING ALONG Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

string along

verb

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships

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Recent Examples of string along Mario Campos would build and work on houses well into his 70s, including a string along SW 25th Street in Miami that belonged to his extended family. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026 Christmas lights glow above, strung along the streetlamps, incongruous against the heavy security presence that dominates the scene. —

Keir Simmons, NBC news, 19 Dec. 2025 It is attractively designed and features nylon strings along with an impressive action that is both responsive and easily playable. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025 Hundreds of baskets holding young oysters called spat are strung along a line that floats on the surface and sways like a long black snake in the water. —

Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for string along

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According to police records, Torres-García died months before DCF was successfully tricked by her mother into doing a video call with a woman who has said she was asked to impersonate the child.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Instead of acting independently, the forces influence one another to amplify the ion’s motion, thereby tricking the system into generating a much stronger, more complex interaction than either force could achieve alone.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026