dance to someone's tune

dance to someone's tune
dance to someone's tune
To conform to someone's wishes
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Main Entry:dance

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dance to someone’s tune informal phrase
to do what someone tells you to do
Thesaurus: to obey a law or rule, or to accept someone's authoritysynonym obedience and cooperationhyponym
Main entry: tune

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comply completely with someone's demands and wishes

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dance to someone's tune
: to do what someone wants or forces you to do

The boss has got everyone dancing to her tune.

The senators are dancing to the tune of the President.

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Main Entry:dance
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dance to someone's tune — see dance, 1
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Main Entry:tune

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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