stringsomeonealong
phrasal verbwithstringverb[T]uk/strɪŋ/us/strɪŋ/strung|strung
todeceivesomeone for alongtimeabout what you are reallyintendingto do:
She's beenpromisingtopayback themoneyfor sixmonths, but Ithinkshe's juststringingme along.
Hestrungher along foryears, saying he'dmarryher anddivorcehiswife.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hustle
- pull
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- racket