Meanings
verbwirepull (third-person singular simple present wirepulls, present participle wirepulling, simple past and past participle wirepulled)
present singular third person wirepulls · participle present wirepulling · participle past wirepulled · past wirepulled
- ambitransitiveTo exert an influence on (others) that is felt but not seen.
These basic provisions of the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam do not allow the United States to wirepull its lackeys to rig up the so-called Republic of Vietnam.
1965, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, numbers 86-90, page 5
Origin
From wire + pull; see wirepuller.
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