string sth out betydelse and definition

Betydelse av string sth out på svenska

• 0 If a group of similar things or people are strung out, they are in a long line with spaces between each one:

  • Most of Canada's population is strung out along its 5,525-mile border with the US

  • The geese were strung out along the river bank.

• 1 to make an activity last longer than necessary:

  • I think the lawyer's just stringing out the case so that he'll earn more money.