string attached

noun

Etymology

From no strings attached.

Definitions

  1. A condition, catch, limitation, caveat, restriction, or requirement

    • I'll get you that new video game that you want so badly, but there's a string attached; you must also clean your room at least once a week.
    • They were advertising free television sets, but there were a lot of strings attached.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for string attached. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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