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Idioms and Phrases

Compose, assemble, as in There's more to devising an effective slogan than stringing together some words . This expression alludes to threading beads on a string. [First half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

I managed to string together the following absurd story from his broken English.

It had previously been ascertained that he knew how to string together the requisite letters upon paper.

It were here a superfluous task to string together quotations in which the word spirit is to be found.

I may be able to string together a number of texts, and tack on an application, but that is mere mechanical work.

Tie the double lengths of string together at each end of the hammock, making two long loops by which to hang up the hammock.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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