"dance with the devil" meaning in All languages combined

See dance with the devil on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: dances with the devil [present, singular, third-person], dancing with the devil [participle, present], danced with the devil [participle, past], danced with the devil [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dance with the devil (third-person singular simple present dances with the devil, present participle dancing with the devil, simple past and past participle danced with the devil)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To engage in risky and immoral behavior. Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-dance_with_the_devil-en-verb-67HLtOMG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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