strung out | Idiomator

Meaning: (slang)Experiencingwithdrawalsymptomsof anaddiction.Hyponyms:dope sick,junk sickWhile he wasstrung out, he ranted about conspiracies that he couldn't remember when he sobered.1971,Donald Goines,Dopefiend,page20:She believed he was becomingstrung out, if he wasn't hooked yet1983,Gordon Gano, “Blister in the Sun”, inViolent Femmes, performed byViolent Femmes:When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm sostrung out/ I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out2010,Jennifer Egan, “Goodbye, My Love”, inA Visit from the Goon Squad: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-outyouths tended to congregate.; Widely spaced.After the storm the armada wasstrung outover the ocean, unable to cover each other in battle.1962October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, inModern Railways, page232:"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 beingstrung outover several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.; (idiomatic,informal)Prolongedin anunnecessaryortime-fillingmanner.Then I had to sit through a longstrung-outdiscussion about nothing in particular.

Examples:

EN: What did that bitch do to make you so strung out? She was the most important woman in my life and always will be. And she always will be...
ES: Quiero saber lo que ha hecho más Esta disparatada y eres tan fue la mujer más importante de mi vida, y será por siempre siempre será!
EN: Yeah and 2 weeks later, I saw them strung out along the bottom land, dead of a fever.
ES: Sí, y dos semanas más tarde les vi caer muertos por la fiebre.
EN: Charlie Force is strung out bad.
ES: Al de Charlie le están castigando.
EN: Now keep strung out... and if you happen to see him don't take any chances of him getting away.
ES: Manteneos alerta y si lo veis, no dejéis que escape.
EN: All strung out in a nice line.
ES: Van en fila.
EN: You have your geophones strung out?
ES: ¿Aseguraste bien los geófonos?
EN: And Demps, all 5,000 of them are strung out from here and Texas.
ES: - En los llanos. Las cinco mil reses están entre aquí y Texas.
EN: -We were strung out.
ES: - Estabamos lejos.
EN: They fly strung out in a line.
ES: Vuelan en convoy.
EN: Yes, sir, they'll be strung out down there for a mile.
ES: Sí, señor, tendrán que ir en fila durante un kilómetro y medio.
EN: We're all strung out.
ES: Nos falta organización.
EN: The rest of the field is strung out.
ES: El resto está esparcido.
EN: If they were Indians, they'd be strung out.
ES: Los indios estarían dispersos.
EN: And I'm strung out in this tree, and the fuzz drive by.
ES: Y estoy tendido en este árbol, y pasa la cana.
EN: You strung out pigs.
ES: Raza de cerdos.

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