Usually means: Mislead someone with false hope.
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  1. string along: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. string along: Merriam-Webster
  3. string along: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. string along: Collins English Dictionary
  5. string along: Vocabulary.com
  6. string along: Wiktionary
  7. string along: Dictionary.com
  8. String Along: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. string along: Rhymezone
  10. string along: FreeDictionary.org
  11. string along: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. string along: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. string along: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. string along: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. string along: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. string along: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (string along)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.

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