STRING ALONG


Meaning of STRING ALONG in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1914

1 : to keep waiting < strung him along until the boss was back from lunch>

2 : DECEIVE , FOOL < string along ing us along with ruses and red herrings ― John Powers>

intransitive verb : GO ALONG , AGREE <held her tongue and strung along with the rest of them>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.