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dancing to a different tune

dancing to a different tune is the present participle and gerund 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 dancing to a different tune

What is dancing to a different tune the present participle and gerund of?
Dancing to a different tune is the present participle and gerund of dance to a different tune.

Words near dancing to a different tune in the dictionary

  1. dancing on someone's grave
  2. dancing out
  3. dancing plant
  4. dancing school
  5. dancing the Tyburn jig
  6. dancing to a different tune
  7. dancing to a new tune
  8. dancing to someone's tune
  9. dancing upon nothing
  10. dancing with the devil
  11. dancing-girl

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