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danced to a different tune

danced to a different tune is the simple past and past participle of dance to a different tune.

Meaning of dance to a different tune

Verb

dance to a different tune (third-person singular simple present dances to a different tune, present participle dancing to a different tune, simple past and past participle danced to a different tune)

  1. To behave differently; to march to the beat of a different drummer.
    • In one way the book is a straightforward defence of eccentricity, a plea for the importance of valuing individuals who choose to dance to a different tune.2011, Scott Lyall, Margery Palmer McCulloch, The Edinburgh Companion to Hugh MacDiarmid, →ISBN, page 128
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dance, different, tune.

Questions about danced to a different tune

What is danced to a different tune the simple past and past participle of?
Danced to a different tune is the simple past and past participle of dance to a different tune.

Words near danced to a different tune in the dictionary

  1. danced attendance
  2. danced on nothing
  3. danced on someone's grave
  4. danced out
  5. danced the Tyburn jig
  6. danced to a different tune
  7. danced to a new tune
  8. danced to someone's tune
  9. danced upon nothing
  10. danced with the devil
  11. dancefest

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