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dance with the devil

dance with the devil verb: to engage in risky and immoral behavior.

Verb

dance with the devil (third-person singular simple present dances with the devil, present participle dancing with the devil, simple past and past participle danced with the devil)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To engage in risky and immoral behavior.

Forms of dance with the devil

third-person singular presentdances with the devil
present participledancing with the devil
past participledanced with the devil
pastdanced with the devil

Questions about dance with the devil

What does dance with the devil mean?
Dance with the devil means to engage in risky and immoral behavior.
What part of speech is dance with the devil?
Dance with the devil is a verb.
What is the past tense of dance with the devil?
The past tense of dance with the devil is danced with the devil.

Words near dance with the devil in the dictionary

  1. dance the Tyburn jig
  2. dance to a different tune
  3. dance to a new tune
  4. dance to someone's tune
  5. dance upon nothing
  6. dance with the devil
  7. dance with the one that brought ya
  8. dance with the one that brought you
  9. dance with the one that brung ya
  10. dance with the one that brung you
  11. dance with the one what brought ya

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