Second-fiddle


noun
1.
a secondary role:
to play second fiddle to another person.
2.
a person serving in a subsidiary capacity, especially to one immediately superior.
second fiddle
noun (informal)
1.

the second violin in a string quartet or one of the second violins in an orchestra
the musical part assigned to such an instrument

2.
a secondary status
3.
a person who has a secondary status
second fiddle
second fiddle
see: play second fiddle

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