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stringing on

stringing on is the present participle and gerund of string on.

Meaning of string on

Verb

string on (third-person singular simple present strings on, present participle stringing on, simple past and past participle strung on)

  1. To continue to convince (someone) of something untrue; to maintain a lie or scam aimed at (someone).
    Synonyms:
    string along

Questions about stringing on

What is stringing on the present participle and gerund of?
Stringing on is the present participle and gerund of string on.

Words near stringing on in the dictionary

  1. stringin'
  2. stringiness
  3. stringinesses
  4. stringing
  5. stringing along
  6. stringing on
  7. stringing out
  8. stringing together
  9. stringing up
  10. stringing with
  11. stringings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stringing on (page history and authors); string on (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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