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dances to a different tune

dances to a different tune is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dances to a different tune

What is dances to a different tune the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dances to a different tune is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance to a different tune.

Words near dances to a different tune in the dictionary

  1. dances of the seven veils
  2. dances on nothing
  3. dances on someone's grave
  4. dances out
  5. dances the Tyburn jig
  6. dances to a different tune
  7. dances to a new tune
  8. dances to someone's tune
  9. dances upon nothing
  10. dances with the devil
  11. dancescape

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