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  • 11pull strings — verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously He manipulated public opinion in his favor • Syn: ↑manipulate, ↑pull wires • Derivationally related forms: ↑manipulative (for: ↑manipulate), ↑ …

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  • 12pull strings — or[pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull …

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  • 13pull strings — or[pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. * /If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull …

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  • 14pull — [[t]pʊl[/t]] v. t. 1) to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position 2) to draw or tug at with force 3) to rend; tear: to pull a cloth to pieces[/ex] 4) to draw or pluck away from a place of… …

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  • 15List of The Chaser's War on Everything episodes — Contents 1 Series 1 (2006) 2 Series 2 (2007) 3 Series 3 (2009) 4 See also The following is a list of episodes of the Australian satirical televisio …

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  • 16manage — I. n. Horsemanship, manége, equestrian art. II. v. a. 1. Conduct, direct, regulate, superintend, supervise, administer, carry on, guide, treat, handle, order, transact. 2. Rule (with address or artifice), control, govern, guide. 3. Wield, handle …

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  • 17manoeuvre — I. n. 1. Evolution, movement. 2. Scheme, plan, plot, stratagem, artifice, trick, finesse, artful management, adroit procedure, intrigue, ruse. II. v. n. 1. Perform evolutions. 2. Contrive, plan, plot, manage, pull the wires or strings, scheme,… …

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  • 18Direction — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Direction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 direction direction bearing course vector Sgm: N 1 set set drift tenor Sgm: N 1 tendency tendency &c. 176 Sgm: N 1 i …

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  • 19Eleusine Indica — Wire Wire (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.] [1913 Webster] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an… …

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  • 20Poa compressa — Wire Wire (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.] [1913 Webster] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an… …

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