string out
Verb
To extend on or as if by strings, wires, etc.
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
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Let's string out these lights across the patio.
To prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner.
Usage- idiomatic
- Transitive
- Examples
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Do we really need to string out this discussion any further?
I've run out of things to say, but somehow I need to string out this essay to two thousand words.
To bring under the influence of narcotics.
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
To experience withdrawal symptoms of an addiction to narcotics.
Usage- Intransitive
- Slang
Verb
set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
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- Examples
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the houses were strung out in a long row
Word forms
strings outstringing outstrung outstrung out