"pull a few strings" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "pulls a few strings",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "pulling a few strings",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pulled a few strings",
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    {
      "form": "pulled a few strings",
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      "expansion": "pull a few strings (third-person singular simple present pulls a few strings, present participle pulling a few strings, simple past and past participle pulled a few strings)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Alternative form of pull strings"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I pulled a few strings, and, as a result, you'll be able to own that house you so wanted to buy.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause an event or events to occur, especially in someone's benefit or favour; to make something happen."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To cause an event or events to occur, especially in someone's benefit or favour; to make something happen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
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  "word": "pull a few strings"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "pulls a few strings",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "pulling a few strings",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulled a few strings",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pulled a few strings",
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        }
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      ],
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          "benefit",
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        "(figurative) To cause an event or events to occur, especially in someone's benefit or favour; to make something happen."
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  "word": "pull a few strings"
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