string along

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de tromper ou d'induire quelqu'un en erreur pendant un certain temps, ou d'accompagner quelqu'un pour lui tenir compagnie.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of deceiving or misleading someone over a period of time, or accompanying someone for company.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Deceive or misleadinformal

   To deliberately keep someone in a false hope or belief, often by making promises that are not kept.

   mener en bateau

   • He kept stringing her along with promises of marriage.
   • The company strung the investors along for months.
   • Don't string me along; just tell me the truth.

   Synonymesdangledeceivedeludedupefoolhoodwinklead onmisleadtoy with

   Antonymesdisabuseenlighteninformtell

2. Accompany or followinformal

   To go along with someone or something, often without a strong commitment.

   Suivre passivement / accompagner sans engagement

   • I'll just string along with you to the party.
   • She strung along with the group for the tour.
   • He decided to string along for the ride.

   Synonymesaccompanycome alongfollowgo alongtag along