string out


Stretch, extend; also, prolong. For example, The parade strung out for miles, or The meetings strung out over weeks instead of days. [First half of 1800s]

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How to use string out in a sentence

  • Whenever the steers wanted to move they would take the middle of the track single file, and string out mile after mile.

    The Nerve of Foley | Frank H. Spearman
  • “I guess not,” he said then––looked out the window again, and hove the whole string out of the open window and into the slip.

    The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
  • His crews were known as hard crews; they "hired out for tough hands, and it was up to them to play their string out."

    The Promise | James B. Hendryx
  • She absently watched the moving dot take form and sharply string out into a line of riding men.

    Tharon of Lost Valley | Vingie E. Roe
  • To surmount this, John was to go down to the lane, taking the kite with him, while Jem lowered the string out of the broken pane.