pull wires

1. If you don't pull on the right wires in the right order, the mess becomes worse.
   如果你没有按照正确的顺序找到适当的线头，线团就会更乱。
2. The mayor used his influence to pull the wires of local legislators and get votes for their programmes.
   市长利用他的影响暗中操纵地方议员，并为他们的方案提供赞成票。
3. Study of technology to use back pull wire drawing for working cold rolling ribbed steel wires and bars by return draw bench
   应用折返式拉丝机生产冷轧带肋钢筋的工艺研究

verb

1. influence or control shrewdly or deviously
   1. He manipulated public opinion in his favor

   Synonym:    manipulatepull strings