Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To play (manipulate) (a person) skillfully.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom plays the fiddle.

    Том грає на скрипці. — deniko

    ruТом играет на скрипке. — nina99nv

  2. Tom plays fiddle in a bluegrass band.

  3. Tom wants to be able to play the fiddle as well as Mary.

  4. Tom wants to be able to play the fiddle as well as Mary does.

  5. Tom didn't want to play second fiddle.

Forms

plays someone like a fiddle, playing someone like a fiddle, played someone like a fiddle, played someone like a fiddle
Base formplay someone like a fiddle · to play someone like a fiddle
3rd person singularplays someone like a fiddle
Present participleplaying someone like a fiddle
Past simpleplayed someone like a fiddle
Past participleplayed someone like a fiddle

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplay someone like a fiddle
he, she, itplays someone like a fiddle

Past simpleLesson

all personsplayed someone like a fiddle

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave played someone like a fiddle
he, she, ithas played someone like a fiddle

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill play someone like a fiddle

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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