to pull strings for

I have friends in high places to pull strings for me.
J'ai des amis en haut lieu, qui me tireront de là.
If I'm not making too much mistakes next year, maybe I'll have the right to use orange, but somone has to pull strings for me.
Et si je ne fais pas trop de bavures l'année prochaine, je passerai peut-être à l'orange et à l'indigo, mais il faut être pistonné.
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