Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dance to someone's tune

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: dance -to -some-one's -tune
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding.

Example Sentences

"You simply become a puppet in the hands of others who will make you dance to their tune. In other words, you reduce yourself to a slave or beggar by mortgaging your happiness on the mercy of others."
"Satan doesn't care whether they carry the bible; he doesn't care whether they say Jesus is Lord. That's not his problem; he has successfully used them to create a counterfeit church to confuse the populace. He knows they are already his and they dance to his tune ... their destiny is sealed."
"If the other traders followed our example, relations between Britain and China would improve dramatically. Think about it the next time you go off in a huff because the Chinese won't dance to your tune.'"
"We are on earth to dance to our own tune! We have to know who I the individual is."

Inflected Forms

dances to someone's tune (present, singular) dancing to someone's tune (participle, present) danced to someone's tune (participle, past) danced to someone's tune (past)

Questions

What does dance to someone's tune mean?: To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding.

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