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dance with the devil

idiom

To engage in risky and immoral behavior.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    dance attendance

    To wait obsequiously (on or upon someone).

  2. 02

    dance of the seven veils

    A striptease performance.

  3. 03

    dance on nothing

    To be hanged.

  4. 04

    dance on someone's grave

    To celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.

  5. 05

    devil dancing

    Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.

  6. 06

    devil in disguise

    A person or thing that appears to be good, honest, or upstanding, but is inherently nasty, evil, or damaging.

  7. 07

    devil lies in the details

    Synonym of devil is in the details.

  8. 08

    fan dance

    The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.

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