string something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also string)
informal to make something continue longer than it should:
Rebel leaders attempted to string out negotiations to avoid reaching a settlement.

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string out
string out (something)
1.
to be spread in a long, thin line.
Most of Canada's population is strung out along its border with the United States.

The early fast pace soon strung the field of runners out over more than a mile.

2.
to make something continue.
Zeb hoped he could string out his vacation as long as possible.

The legal process could string this dispute out for years.

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string out something
string out (something)
1.
to be spread in a long, thin line.
Most of Canada's population is strung out along its border with the United States.

The early fast pace soon strung the field of runners out over more than a mile.

2.
to make something continue.
Zeb hoped he could string out his vacation as long as possible.

The legal process could string this dispute out for years.

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string out
to make something extend over a great distance or over a long period of time
The soccer games were strung out over a period of four weeks.

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string something out
to make something extend over a great distance or over a long period of time
The soccer games were strung out over a period of four weeks.

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string out
v. To make (something) extend over a great distance or a long stretch of time.
The telephone poles were strung out along the road as far as we could see.
Mary and Ann did not have much to say but they did not want to go home. They strung out their gossip for a long time.

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