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string along

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Synonyms & Antonyms of string along

to cause to believe what is untrue

the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships

Synonyms for string along

bamboozle,
beguile,
bluff,
buffalo,
burn,
catch,
con,
cozen,
deceive,
delude,
dupe,
fake out,
fool,
gaff,
gammon,
gull,
have,
have on
[chiefly British],
hoax,
hoodwink,
hornswoggle,
humbug,
juggle,
misguide,
misinform,
mislead,
snooker,
snow,
spoof,
suck in,
sucker,
take in,
trick

Words Related to string along

kid,
put on,
tease

bleed,
cheat,
chisel,
defraud,
diddle,
euchre,
fleece,
flimflam,
hustle,
mulct,
rook,
shortchange,
skin,
squeeze,
stick,
sting,
swindle

Phrases Synonymous with string along

do a number on,
lead one down the garden path
(also lead one up the garden path),
pull one's leg,
pull the wool over one's eyes

Near Antonyms for string along

debunk,
expose,
reveal,
show up,
uncloak,
uncover,
unmask

disclose,
divulge,
tell,
unveil

disabuse,
disenchant,
disillusion

Antonyms for string along

undeceive

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The first known use of string along was in 1914

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