pull the wires
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Next, pull the wires through the hole in the middle, and attach them to the terminal screws on the bracket.
From The Verge • Feb. 9, 2022
As the sun moves across the sky, small motors pull the wires to adjust the mirrors’ pitch.
From Forbes • Jul. 8, 2015
But, "it is privy to the secret";34127 its chiefs pull the wires which set the brutal dancing-jacks in motion on the public trestles of the H�tel-de-ville.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John
She was not content to pull the wires; she wanted the appearance of power, as well as its substance.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
Orleton, who was made treasurer, continued to pull the wires as the confidential agent of Isabella and Mortimer.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William