pull wires
Example Sentences
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He declared that he had made no attempts to pull wires for the publisher, and denied connection with anyone else mentioned in the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
So when the I.C.C. grants his latest request, Mr. Crowley, nicknamed "Pull 80 Cars" for his initials and industry, will have the right to pull wires on the boards of 107 roads.*
From Time Magazine Archive
But the crowd will pull every wire to get you off, and they can pull wires, all right—" "But on what evidence am I arrested?
From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Sometimes they didn't tell their past records until the other side unearthed them, and then it was necessary to doctor court records, and pull wires all over the country.
From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Upton Sinclair
"I've been trying to pull wires for you all afternoon, and this is what it comes to."
From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Willa Sibert Cather
