[PrepP; Invar; adv]
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⇒ (to get, arrange sth., get s.o. a desired position etc) by using connections, with the help of influential friends, contacts etc:
- through (thanks to) one's connections;
- by pulling strings;
- through pull;
- by (through) knowing the right people;
- through some useful contact(s).
♦ [Алексей:] Как это ты серебряную медаль получила? [Галя:] По знакомству (Розов 1). [A.:] How did you manage to get a silver medal? [G.:] Through pull (1a).
♦ [Колесов:] Сержант, нам бы здесь местечко - тихо, по знакомству. А, сержант? (Вампилов 3). [К.:] Sergeant, we wouldn't mind getting a plot here ourselves, on the side, through some useful contact. Eh, sergeant? (3a)
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.