play second fiddle (to somebody)
- play second fiddle (to somebody)
play second ˈfiddle (to sb/sth) idiom
to be treated as less important than sb/
sth; to have a less important position than sb/sth else
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I'm not going to play second fiddle to anyone.
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The narrative in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs.
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