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STRING OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series

Example:

the houses were strung out in a long row

Synonyms:

spread out; string out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "string out" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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