Collocations for "strings"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "strings" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
string
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- has been a string of [thefts, robberies] (in the neighborhood)
- caught the man behind the string of [thefts]
- a string of [questions, numbers]
- a string of [lovers, wives, husbands, divorces]
- managed a string of [players, actors, horses]
- wearing a string of pearls
- broke a (guitar) string
- a new set of strings
- plucked (at) the strings
- hanging from a string
- tie a knot in the string
- use string to tie a [parcel, bundle, package]
- a [white, black] string
- tied shut with a string
- the [family, government] has tightened the purse strings
- pull some strings to [get, obtain, gain]
- [a deal, an offer] with no strings attached
- string [a guitar, a bow, instruments]
- string [beads, the charms]
- strung (up) some lights [in the street, on the Christmas tree]
- strung him up by [the ankles, his wrists, his arms]
- offensive, slang: strung him up by his balls
- string together [words, ideas, a sentence]
- string [two, the] words together
- string [ideas] together
- string out [a decision, an article, the torture]
- string [a decision] out
- [might, will] string along (with)
- [always, constantly, keeps] stringing him along
- stringing him along with [promises, her words]
- string up a [thief, murderer, robber]
- was strung up [at noon, in the town square]
- a string quartet
- string instruments
- studies string theory
'strings' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):