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second fiddle

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Bill declined to play the second-fiddle parts; he took himself out of Mary's orchestra entirely.

He found it hard to believe a man of my sort, so self-assured, would stand the truth from a man of his second-fiddle sort.

Mrs. Fox-Darriel found the rle of second-fiddle a little dull; still, it was well worth while to play it.

They might have found a place for me, too, had I consented to play second-fiddle where I had been used to lead the band.

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On this page you'll find 143 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to second-fiddle, such as: lesser, secondary, bottom, junior, less, and lower.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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