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comparative more strung out, superlative most strung out
(slang) Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction. quotations
She believed he was becoming strung out, if he wasn't hooked yet
1971, Donald Goines, Dopefiend, page 20
When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out
1983, Gordon Gano (lyrics and music), “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes
When Ted Hollander first agreed to travel to Naples in search of his missing niece, he drew up for his brother-in-law, who was footing the bill, a plan for finding her that involved cruising the places where aimless, strung-out youths tended to congregate.
2010, Jennifer Egan, “Goodbye, My Love”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad
Widely spaced. quotations examples
"Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232
Prolonged in an unnecessary or time-filling manner. examples
simple past and past participle of string out examples