string along

1. 1.

   move or come along

   Synonymsstring

   Broaderadvance

Questions about string along

What does string along mean?

string along means "move or come along".

What is another word for string along?

Close synonyms include string. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is string along a common word?

string along is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.