pull strings

VERB

influence or control shrewdly or deviously
He manipulated public opinion in his favor

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Could Mike pull strings, do you think, and demand it's sent, freight, to await addressee at Heathrow? THE QUEST FOR K
Mme D. likes to pull strings, and uses her pallid lady's companion, the spinster Capulat, as her factotum.
It seems the porky guard's brother-in-law can pull strings on the parole board, and good boxers can write their ticket to an early parole.

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