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Play second fiddle

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else. idiomatic, intransitive

    "She had been mistress of the farm so long that it would be hard for her to play second fiddle, but give her time and she'd be as good as new butter and as nice as ninepence, he said."

Etymology

From the second violin in an orchestra.

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