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play the dickens with

play the dickens with verb: synonym of play the devil with.

Verb

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

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

Synonyms of play the dickens with

Forms of play the dickens with

third-person singular presentplays the dickens with
present participleplaying the dickens with
past participleplayed the dickens with
pastplayed the dickens with

Questions about play the dickens with

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

Words near play the dickens with in the dictionary

  1. play the board
  2. play the cat and banjo with
  3. play the clitar
  4. play the deuce with
  5. play the devil with
  6. play the dickens with
  7. play the field
  8. play the fool
  9. play the game
  10. play the gender card
  11. play the giddy goat

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