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strung along

VERB

play with; keep dangling

Synonyms

WEAK

bluff coquet dally deceive dupe flirt fool hoax lead on put one over on take for a ride toy trifle wanton

Antonyms

WEAK

let go release

Example Sentences

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Hurricanes still drive high premiums: 46 of the 50 costliest counties nationwide, mostly strung along the Gulf Coast, count hurricanes as their primary threat, according to the Journal’s analysis of data from price-comparison firm Insurify.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

A Belfast woman who "strung along" a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded "callous" and "not human".

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The exchange highlighted in the evidence shows that Cohen felt strung along by Trump, a man who didn’t seem to know, at least in Cohen’s telling, how to define Cohen’s role.

From Slate • May 13, 2024

Now she's been out of the industry for 15 years, spending the time between then and today recovering from punishing work schedules and ruthless bouts of being strung along by, among other things, sewing.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2023

Bapi waved toward the work camps strung along the beach’s jungle edge.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi