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play merry havoc with

play merry havoc with verb: synonym of play the devil with.

Verb

play merry havoc with (third-person singular simple present plays merry havoc with, present participle playing merry havoc with, simple past and past participle played merry havoc with)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of play the devil with.

Synonyms of play merry havoc with

Forms of play merry havoc with

third-person singular presentplays merry havoc with
present participleplaying merry havoc with
past participleplayed merry havoc with
pastplayed merry havoc with

Questions about play merry havoc with

What does play merry havoc with mean?
Play merry havoc with means synonym of play the devil with.
What part of speech is play merry havoc with?
Play merry havoc with is a verb.
What is the past tense of play merry havoc with?
The past tense of play merry havoc with is played merry havoc with.

Words near play merry havoc with in the dictionary

  1. play it for all it's worth
  2. play it pear-shaped
  3. play it safe
  4. play it straight
  5. play like
  6. play merry havoc with
  7. play merry hell with
  8. play money
  9. play nice
  10. play Nostradamus
  11. play number two

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