See string along on Wiktionary
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"text": "She's been telling me for ages that she wants to meet up, but won't give me a date. I'm convinced she's stringing me along.",
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"To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions."
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hinhalten"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions",
"word": "falsche Hoffnungen machen"
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"word": "hinhalten"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "falsche Hoffnungen machen"
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"word": "string along"
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