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"Don't fiddle with the screws"verbmanipulate manually or in one's mind or imaginationtype of:
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nounbowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
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"The reporter fiddle with the facts"verbplay around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestlytype of:
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"She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"verbtry to fix or mend
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verbavoid (one's assigned duties)
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verbcommit fraud and steal from one's employertype of:
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"Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"verbplay on a violin
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verbplay the violin or fiddletype of:
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