Last Updated:2025/11/20

(intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.

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pull strings

Verb
idiomatic intransitive often with “the” or a possessive adjective (such as “his”) before “strings”
Japanese Meaning
(裏で)糸を引く=他人に便宜を図らせ、陰で操作することで自分の望む結果を得る(影の支配・操作を行う) / 影響力を行使して、密かに状況を好転させる / 自分の影響力を用いて、物事を意図した方向へ運ぶ
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数人の取締役が、自分たちの贔屓の会社に契約が回るように影響力を使って裏で手を回そうとした。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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