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fiddle with

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fiddle with someone or something
to tinker or play with someone or something. Please don't fiddle with the stereo controls. Leave your brother alone. Don't fiddle with him. He's cranky.
See also: fiddle

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