糸を引く

いとをひく

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
2. to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

Kanji

• 糸 thread. Read as いと.
• 引 pull. Read as ひく.

Common phrases

• 裏で糸を引く

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