stringsomethingout
phrasal verbwithstringverb[T]uk/strɪŋ/us/strɪŋ/strung|strung
(GROUP)
If agroupofsimilarthings orpeoplearestrungout, they are in alonglinewithspacesbetween each one:
Most of Canada'spopulationisstrungout alongits5,525-mileborderwith the US
Thegeesewerestrungout along theriverbank.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- fit
- install
- lie
- manoeuvrable
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- stick
- transpose
- transposition
(ACTIVITY)
to make anactivitylastlongerthannecessary:
Ithinkthe lawyer's juststringingout thecaseso that he'llearnmoremoney.
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usualidiom
- bash on
- carry(something)on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- drag
- echo
- insist ondoing something
- jag
- keep atsomething
- keepsomeoneat itidiom
- leg
- push ahead
- push on
- run on
- runsomeone/somethingover
- seesomethingout
- span
- spin