Definition of play second fiddle
play second fiddle
verb
- to be in a supporting role, not a leading one.
Citation from "Many Happy Returns", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 12 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 12 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'fiddle': | |
| Definitions include: to dawdle, waste time, procrastinate. | |
| Definitions include: To procrastinate. | |
| Definitions include: interjection of disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: to mess with. | |
| Definitions include: a pedophile. | |
Other terms relating to 'play': | |
| Definitions include: "free to play". | |
| Definitions include: Being dissed or insulted. | |
| Definitions include: an insult. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "live action role-playing." | |
| Definitions include: a fair competition. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "massively multiplayer online role playing game." | |
| Definitions include: Used to describe an action. | |
| Definitions include: insane, clueless, lacking in mental ability. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: to cooperate. | |
| Definitions include: of two groups or people, to pursue. | |
| Definitions include: to have power over the TV remote control. | |
| Definitions include: in a debate, to take the opposing side. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
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Other terms relating to 'second': | |
| Definitions include: a brief period of time more than a second. | |
| Definitions include: see get to 2nd base. | |
| Definitions include: the "shift" of work handled by women at home, consisting of housework. | |
| Definitions include: in general, having to go second. | |
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