to dance to sb's tune

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• dance to someone's tune — To conform to someone s wishes • • • Main Entry: ↑dance * * * dance to someone’s tune informal phrase to do what someone tells you to do Thesaurus: to obey a law or rule, or to accept someone s authoritysynonym obedience and cooperation …   Useful english dictionary

• dance to someone's tune — dance to (someone s) tune to always do what someone tells you to do, whether you agree with it or not. Powerful local residents seem to have the council dancing to their tune …   New idioms dictionary

• dance to someone's tune — ► dance to someone s tune comply with someone s demands. Main Entry: ↑dance …   English terms dictionary

• dance to somebody's tune — dance to sb s ˈtune idiom (BrE) to do whatever sb tells you to Main entry: ↑danceidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• dance to someone's tune —    If you dance to someone s tune, you do whatever that person tells you to do.     He is the company s major shareholder so the management has to dance to his tune …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• dance to a different tune — talk or act differently (usually better) because things have changed He has begun dancing to a different tune now that he knows that his head salesman is thinking of quitting …   Idioms and examples

• dance to someone's tune — comply with someone s demands and wishes. → dance …   English new terms dictionary

• dance to someone's tune — informal to do what someone tells you to do …   English dictionary

• dance to another tune — {v. phr.} To talk or act differently, usually better because things have changed; be more polite or obedient because you are forced to do it. * /Johnny refused to do his homework but punishment made him dance to another tune./ Compare: CHANGE ONE …   Dictionary of American idioms

• dance to another tune — {v. phr.} To talk or act differently, usually better because things have changed; be more polite or obedient because you are forced to do it. * /Johnny refused to do his homework but punishment made him dance to another tune./ Compare: CHANGE ONE …   Dictionary of American idioms

• dance — ► VERB 1) move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps. 2) move in a quick and lively way. ► NOUN 1) a series of steps and movements that match the rhythm of a piece of music. 2) a social gathering at which people dance …   English terms dictionary