• pull strings

pull strings (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• (lb, en, intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
• (lb, en, intransitive, idiomatic, often with ''“the”'' or a possessive adjective (such as ''“his”'') before ''“strings”'') To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette.