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played merry havoc with

played merry havoc with is the simple past and past participle of play merry havoc with.

Meaning of play merry havoc 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.

Questions about played merry havoc with

What is played merry havoc with the simple past and past participle of?
Played merry havoc with is the simple past and past participle of play merry havoc with.

Words near played merry havoc with in the dictionary

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

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