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pulling the wires

pulling the wires is the present participle and gerund of pull the wires.

Meaning of pull the wires

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

Questions about pulling the wires

What is pulling the wires the present participle and gerund of?
Pulling the wires is the present participle and gerund of pull the wires.

Words near pulling the wires in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulling the wires (page history and authors); pull the wires (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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