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View synonyms for on a string
on a string
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Under someone's control, as in She'll drop everything whenever Sam asks for something—he's got her on a string . This expression, alluding to pulling an animal on a leash, dates from the late 1500s, when it was put as in a string .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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