pull strings

pʊl strɪŋz
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Translation of pull strings from English into Dutch

Verbal expression

influence manipulation

use influence or manipulate to get what you want
  • He can pull strings to get you the job.Hij kan aan de touwtjes trekken om je aan die baan te helpen.
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Synonyms and analogies of pull strings in English

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Examples of pull strings in a sentence

  • They'll pull strings if the contract needs changing.

Translations of "pull strings" in Context ordered by category and frequency

touwtjes trekken

Stop trying to pull strings; just accept that you didn't win this time.

Hou op met aan de touwtjes trekken; accepteer gewoon dat je dit keer niet won.

In cyberspace, he can pull strings.

In cyberspace, kan hij aan de touwtjes trekken.

Did you have to pull strings for my job as a security guard?

Moest je aan touwtjes trekken voor m'n baan als beveiliger?

I can pull strings too.

Ik kan ook aan touwtjes trekken.

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pull strings: Examples and translations in context

Though that rescue was successful, and the one after that, I knew I couldn't sit back anymore and pull strings from afar.

Hoewel die redding succesvol was, en die daarna ook, wist ik dat ik niet meer achterover kon leunen en van afstand aan de touwtjes trekken.

There is no social inequality, we do not succeed in trading because we can pull strings, have a wealthy family or something else, it is tenacious, nothing is biased.

Er is geen sociale ongelijkheid, we zijn niet succesvol in trading omdat we aan de touwtjes trekken, een rijke familie hebben of iets anders, het is rechtlijnig, er is geen partijdigheid.

You can pull strings.

Je kunt aan de touwtjes trekken.

Ericson wants to pull strings?

Ericson wil aan touwtjes trekken?

In cyberspace, he can pull strings.

In cyberspace, kan hij aan de touwtjes trekken.

Eleanor Roosevelt has to pull strings to get in here.

Eleanor Roosevelt moet aan de touwtjes trekken om hier binnen te komen.

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