string along

• Verbo frasal usado para enganar ou iludir alguém por um período de tempo, dando falsas esperanças ou mantendo alguém esperando; também significa acompanhar alguém apenas para fazer companhia.

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

incontável · verbo irregular · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Deceive or misleadinformal

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

   Enganar ou induzir ao erro

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdangledeceivedeludedupefoolhoodwinklead onmisleadtoy with

   Antônimosdisabuseenlighteninformtell

2. Accompany or followinformal

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

   Acompanhar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaccompanycome alongfollowgo alongtag along