String along
String along verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships
Take in and string along are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take in" instead a verb "String along".
Take in
Take in verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company
String along and take in are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "String along" instead a verb "Take in".
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Take in and String along. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/string_along/take_in
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