Sekirov Dictionary

play second fiddle

verb1

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To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
- She had been mistress of the farm so long that it would be hard for her to play second fiddle, but give her time and she'd be as good as new butter and as nice as ninepence, he said. — 1913

forms

played second fiddle · playing second fiddle · plays second fiddle

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