PULL A FEW STRINGS

Meaning of PULL A FEW STRINGS in English

help by talking to powerful people (See also its not what you know... )

My application was late, but a friend of mine pulled a few strings and got me an interview.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

PULL A FEW STRINGS — help by talking to powerful people, it's not what you know... My application was late, but a friend of mine …
English Idioms vocab
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pron. & adjective, from Old English fēawa, fēa; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRINGS — plural of string present third singular of string
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — (superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a …
Английский словарь Webster
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEW — /fyooh/ , adj., fewer, fewest , n., pron. adj. 1. not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PULL — I. ˈpu̇l also ˈpəl verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pullian; akin to Middle Low German pulen to shell, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pronoun & adjective, from Old English fēawa; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
STRINGS — the stringed instruments in an orchestra. → string
Concise Oxford English vocab
PULL — [pull] vb [ME, fr. OE pullian; akin to MLG pulen to shell, cull] vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to exert …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEW — [few] pron, pl in constr [ME fewe, pron. & adj., fr. OE feawa; akin to OHG fo little, L paucus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PULL — / pʊl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MOVE / REMOVE STH 1. to hold sth firmly and use …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — / fjuː; NAmE / determiner , adjective , pronoun ■ determiner , adjective ( fewer , few·est ) 1. used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEW — few S1 W1 /fjuː/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun , adjective ( comparative fewer , superlative fewest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PULL — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PULL — v. & n. v. 1 tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEW — adj. & n. adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PULL — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. exert force upon (a thing) tending to move it to oneself or the origin …
Oxford English vocab
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1. (prec. by a) some …
Oxford English vocab
PULL — ( pulls, pulling, pulled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — ( fewer, fewest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PULL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car pulls out (= moves away from the side of the road ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEW — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A few ▪ A few weeks from now I’ll be in Venice. Comparatively few ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEW — (SOME) [determiner], [pronoun] - a few some; a small number (of)There are a few cakes left over from the party …
Cambridge English vocab
STRINGS — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine intrigues, German band, Philharmonic, backstairs influence, band, big band, brass, brass band, brass choir, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Slang English vocab
STRINGS — n. Function: noun plural Synonyms: CONDITION 1, provision, proviso, reservation, stipulation, terms
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STRINGS — noun plural Synonyms: condition 1, provision, proviso, reservation, stipulation, terms
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRINGS — • ↑ be pulling the strings • ↑ no strings attached
Longman Activator English vocab
PULL — INDEX: 1. to pull something with your hands 2. to pull something suddenly 3. to pull something heavy RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
FEW — • ↑ a few • ↑ quite a few • ↑ too little/few
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEW — n. 25B6; determiner police are revealing few details : NOT MANY, hardly any, scarcely any; a small number of, a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRINGS — n. strips used for fastening 1) apron ~; shoe~ cords on a musical instrument 2) to pick ( esp. AE …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PULL — v. 1 draw, haul, drag, lug, tow, trail Do you think the car is strong enough to pull that load? …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FEW — adj. 1 hardly or scarcely any, not many, insufficient; infrequent, occasional Few people came to my party He is a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Словарь английских идиом
FEW — pronoun 1 BAD : With the few money he had been given, he bought an apple and some cheese. GOOD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STRINGS — струнные (инструменты) (мн.ч.) струнные инструменты (мн.ч.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PULL — 1. сущ. 1) а) тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; натяжение, растяжение б) тяга (о потоке воздуха, также о детали печи) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. ≈ Его идеи очень …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRINGS — Струна
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PULL — pull.ogg 1. pʋl n 1. 1> тяга, дёрганье to give a pull at /on/ the rope - потянуть за верёвку …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEW — few.ogg 1. fju: n 1> немногие; незначительное количество few of the inhabitants were to be seen - только немногих жителей …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PULL — 1) тяговое усилие, тяга || тянуть 2) натяжение; растяжение || натягивать; растягивать 3) вытаскивать, выдёргивать ( напр. сваю ) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PULL — 1) тяговое усилие, тяга || тянуть 2) натяжение; растяжение || натягивать; растягивать 3) вытаскивать, выдёргивать (напр. сваю) 4) сгребать (шлак) 5) метал. засыпать пороги 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PULL — 1) выдергивать 2) натяг 3) натяжение 4) сила тяги 5) тащить 6) тянуть 7) чалочный • pull a single crystal — вытягивать монокристалл pull airplane out of manoeuvre — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PULL — pull сущ.1) а) тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; натяжение, растяжение, рывок Syn:pluck 1., wrench 1., tug 1. б) тяга (о …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FEW — незначительное число немногие, немного, мало (а few) несколько quite a few - довольно много, порядочное число, порядочно the few - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PULL — 1. pʋl n 1. 1> тяга, дёрганье to give a pull at /on/ the rope - потянуть за верёвку to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEW — 1. fju: n 1) немногие; незначительное количество few of the inhabitants were to be seen - только немногих жителей можно …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PULL — 1. сущ. 1) а) тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; натяжение, растяжение, рывок Syn: pluck 1., wrench 1., tug 1. б) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. — Его идеи очень …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PULL — 1. сущ. 1) а) тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; натяжение, растяжение, рывок Syn: pluck 1., wrench 1., tug 1. б) тяга (о потоке воздуха, также …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. — Его идеи очень сложны, и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PULL — 1. _n. 1> тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; to give a pull at the bell - дернуть звонок 2> тяга …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FEW — 1. _a. 1> немногие, немного, мало; few possessions - скудные пожитки; he is a man of few words - он …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PULL — 1. n. 1. тяга, дерганье; натяжение; тянущая сила; to give a pull at the bell - дернуть звонок 2. тяга …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

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