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fiddle with

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fiddle with something
1. to be busy with something without a special purpose. Don't fiddle with the remote control — you'll break it!
2. to try to fix or use something complicated. The report says that computer users spend about one-third of their time fiddling with the operating system and organizing files.
Related vocabulary: mess with something, fuss with something
See also: fiddle

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He had brought his fiddle with him, which wouldn't be of much use here, though he used to pick up money by it at home.
 
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