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played Cupid

played Cupid is the simple past and past participle of play Cupid.

Meaning of play Cupid

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To act as a matchmaker, trying to coerce or induce two people into a romantic relationship.

Questions about played Cupid

What is played Cupid the simple past and past participle of?
Played Cupid is the simple past and past participle of play Cupid.

Words near played Cupid in the dictionary

  1. played both sides against the middle
  2. played by ear
  3. played by the rules
  4. played cheat
  5. played chicken
  6. played Cupid
  7. played dead
  8. played dirty
  9. played doctor
  10. played down
  11. played dumb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: played Cupid (page history and authors); play Cupid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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