"refiddle with" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: refiddles with [present, singular, third-person], refiddling with [participle, present], refiddled with [participle, past], refiddled with [past]
Etymology: re- + fiddle with Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|fiddle with}} re- + fiddle with Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} refiddle with (third-person singular simple present refiddles with, present participle refiddling with, simple past and past participle refiddled with)
  1. To fiddle with again.

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for refiddle with meaning in English (1.7kB)

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