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net1〈 het〉2 [elkaar snijdende zaken] network ⇒ system, 〈 communicatie ook〉 net, mains 〈 elektrisch〉, grid 〈 gas, elektriciteit〉3 [televisiezenders] channel♦voorbeelden:netten breien/knopen • make netseen net spannen • spread a net〈 figuurlijk〉 achter het net vissen • miss out, miss the boatde koffer in het net leggen • put the suitcase in the rack〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand in zijn netten verstrikken • (en)trap/ensnare someonehet elektrische net • the (electric) mains3 het eerste/tweede net • channel one/two————————net24 [hygiënisch] clean5 [ethisch zuiver] decent♦voorbeelden:1 een nette stapel • a neat/tidy pileiets in het net schrijven/uitwerken • copy out something3 een nette buurt • a respectable/genteel neighbourhoodnette mensen • respectable/decent people‘copuleren’ is een net woord voor ‘neuken’ • ‘copulate’ is a polite word for ‘fuck’II 〈 bijwoord〉2 [pas; precies als] just♦voorbeelden:1 net goed • serves you/him/her/them right〈 ironisch〉 dat kun je net denken • you've got another thing coming, not likelyzij ging net vertrekken • she was about to leavenet iets voor hem • 〈 net wat hij zoekt〉 just the thing for him; 〈 kenmerkend voor hem〉 just like him, him all overnet wat ik dacht • just as I thoughtdat is net wat ik nodig heb • that's exactly what I need; 〈 ook ironisch〉 that's just what I need; 〈 ironisch〉 that's all I neednet wat je zegt! • just as you say!, right you are!maar net een voldoende halen • just pass, scrape throughdat was maar net aan • that was a narrow escape/close call, that was touch and gonet mis • a near miss/thingik weet het nog zo net niet • I'm not so surehet nog net halen • squeak through/byik weet het net zo min als jij • your guess is as good as minewij zijn net zo min tevreden • we aren't satisfied eitherze zeurden net zo lang tot hij meeging • they nagged him into coming alongze is net zo goed als hij • she's every bit as good as he isze hebben net zo goed een medaille verdiend • they are just as worthy of a medalde een net zoveel geven als de ander • give one just as much as the otherhet is net alsof je het leuk vindt • it's (almost) as if you think it's funnydat is het hem nou net • that's just it, there's the rubzo is het maar net • right you are!, just as you say!dan heb ik net zo lief dat je weg gaat • in that case I'd just as soon you leftje moet net doen alsof • you must pretendhet begint net zo gezellig te worden • the fun is just startingwe hadden net zo goed niets kunnen doen • we might just as well have done nothingwe kwamen net te laat • we came just too latehij is net zijn vader • he's the spitting image of his fatherik heb dat gisteren net schoongemaakt • I cleaned that only yesterdaywij zijn net thuis • we've (only) just come homewe waren er nog maar net, toen … • we had hardly arrived when …net of hij zo'n beste is • as if he's so great3 kun je dat niet netter zeggen? • can't you put that more politely?
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string along — ► string along informal 1) stay with a person or group as long as it is convenient. 2) mislead deliberately over a length of time. Main Entry: ↑string … English terms dictionary
string along — [v] play with; keep dangling bluff, coquet, dally, deceive, dupe, flirt, fool, hoax, lead on*, put one over on*, take for a ride*, toy, trifle, wanton; concept 59 Ant. let go, release … New thesaurus
string along — phrasal verb Word forms string along : present tense I/you/we/they string along he/she/it strings along present participle stringing along past tense strung along past participle strung along 1) string someone along [transitive] to make someone… … English dictionary
string along — verb move or come along • Syn: ↑string • Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march on, ↑go on • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
string along — {v.}, {informal} 1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly. * /Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn t mean to marry him./ * /George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher Sir, but the new boy soon saw that George was … Dictionary of American idioms
string along — {v.}, {informal} 1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly. * /Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn t mean to marry him./ * /George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher Sir, but the new boy soon saw that George was … Dictionary of American idioms
string\ along — v informal 1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly. Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn t mean to marry him. George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher Sir, but the new boy soon saw that George was stringing… … Словарь американских идиом
string along — Synonyms and related words: act with, align with, bamboozle, bedog, beguile, betray, blarney, bluff, butter, butter up, cajole, chase, cheat on, circumvent, come after, come behind, conjure, coquet, dally, deceive, delude, diddle, dog, double… … Moby Thesaurus
string along — 1) must your sister always string along? Syn: go along, come too, accompany someone, join someone 2) I think Daisy is just stringing poor Dave along Syn: mislead, deceive, take advantage of, dupe, hoax, fool, make a fool of … Thesaurus of popular words
string along — pretend that you believe, go along with When Franz talks about shark fishing, I just string along … English idioms
string along (to) — Deceive, to be not fully honest with someone. ► “The Bosnian Serbs’ prevarication over the peace plan seems to be another attempt to string along negotiations and to sow division between Russia and the West until the Serbs get what they want.”… … American business jargon