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second fiddle definition

second fiddle

the part played by the second violin section of an orchestra or by the second violin of a quartet, etc.
second fiddle Idioms

play second fiddle

or be second fiddle
to have secondary status, as in the affection or attention of another

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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