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 Above them, flags from Latin American countries are strung along the ceiling. —

Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026 The new version will ultimately feature twice as many lights, with half of them strung along the interior sides of the cables facing Oakland. —

Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026 This jukebox musical strings along Neil Diamond’s chart-topping songbook to tell the story of the singer/composer’s journey from Brooklyn boy to iconic hitmaker. —

Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for string along

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While Matthew and Mu-won started Gojeuneok Bio together, Chang-ho has launched a cosmetics company that makes its money by tricking smaller companies into giving away the secrets behind their products.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 29 May 2026
Scammers have found ways to steal codes, trick people into sharing them or take control of a phone number through a SIM swap scam.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026