Pull strings and Prevent

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Pull strings

Pull strings verb - Influence or control shrewdly or deviously.
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Prevent is an antonym for pull strings in topics: pamper, command, do, press for political action.

Prevent

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
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Pull strings is an antonym for prevent.
Nearby Words: prevention, preventive, preventing, preventable, preventer
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