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dances to someone's tune

dances to someone's tune is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance to someone's tune.

Meaning of dance to someone's tune

Verb

dance to someone's tune (third-person singular simple present dances to someone's tune, present participle dancing to someone's tune, simple past and past participle danced to someone's tune)

  1. To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding.
    • You simply become a puppet in the hands of others who will make you dance to their tune. In other words, you reduce yourself to a slave or beggar by mortgaging your happiness on the mercy of others.1995, M.K. Gupta, How To Remain Ever Happy, →ISBN

Questions about dances to someone's tune

What is dances to someone's tune the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dances to someone's tune is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance to someone's tune.

Words near dances to someone's tune in the dictionary

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

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