string along (v.)

• bamboozle
• beguile
• betray
• blarney
• bluff
• butter
• cajole
• chase
• circumvent
• conjure
• coquet
• dally
• deceive
• delude
• diddle
• dog
• dupe
• flirt
• follow
• fool
• forestall
• gull
• heel
• hoax
• honey
• hound
• humbug
• join
• jolly
• juggle
• mock
• oil
• outmaneuver
• outsmart
• outwit
• overreach
• pursue
• shadow
• snow
• soap
• soft-soap
• stroke
• tag
• tail
• tailgate
• toy
• trail
• trick
• two-time
• wanton