string out

1. (transitive)To extend on or as if by strings, wires, etc.

   Let's string out these lights across the patio.

   ausdehnen, ausspannen

2. (idiomatic, transitive)To prolong or extend in an unnecessary, contrived or time-filling manner.

   Do we really need to string out this discussion any further?

   I've run out of things to say, but somehow I need to string out this essay to two thousand words.

   ausdehnen, hinausziehen

3. (slang, transitive)To bring under the influence of narcotics.

4. (intransitive, slang)To experience withdrawal symptoms of an addiction to narcotics.

1. The third string is out of tune.

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2. You've been looking strung out these past weeks.

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3. She spent most of her senior year in high school strung out on drugs.

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4. String theory started out quite elegantly and has now grown into something of a mess with five different versions.

   ruТеория струн была поначалу изящной, но со временем разрослась в неслабый клубок из пяти различных вариантов.

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irregular · Lesson

• string upповісити, вішатиTo kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
• string outTo extend on or as if by strings, wires, etc.
• string onTo continue to convince (someone) of something untrue; to maintain a lie or scam aimed at (someone).
• string alongTo keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.
• string withTo agree with.