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pull the wires

pull the wires verb: synonym of pull strings.

Verb

pull the wires (third-person singular simple present pulls the wires, present participle pulling the wires, simple past and past participle pulled the wires)

  1. Synonym of pull strings.
    Synonyms:
    pull strings

Synonyms of pull the wires

Forms of pull the wires

third-person singular presentpulls the wires
present participlepulling the wires
past participlepulled the wires
pastpulled the wires

Questions about pull the wires

What does pull the wires mean?
Pull the wires means synonym of pull strings.
What part of speech is pull the wires?
Pull the wires is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull the wires?
The past tense of pull the wires is pulled the wires.

Words near pull the wires in the dictionary

  1. pull the rug
  2. pull the rug out from under
  3. pull the shutters down
  4. pull the string
  5. pull the trigger
  6. pull the wires
  7. pull the wool over someone's eyes
  8. pull through
  9. pull throughs
  10. pull time
  11. pull times

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