fiddle with

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de toucher ou d'ajuster quelque chose à plusieurs reprises, souvent nerveusement ou sans but précis, ou d'apporter de petites modifications à quelque chose pour le réparer ou l'améliorer.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of touching or adjusting something repeatedly, often in a nervous or aimless way, or making small changes to something in an attempt to fix or improve it.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Adjust or tamperinformal

   To touch or adjust something repeatedly, often in a nervous or aimless way, or to make small changes.

   Tripoter

   • Stop fiddling with your phone during the meeting.
   • He fiddled with the radio until he found a good station.
   • She fiddled with the settings on the camera.

   Synonymesadjusttwiddle

2. Manipulate dishonestlyinformal

   To change something in a dishonest way to get a desired result.

   truquer

   • The accountant was caught fiddling with the company's books.
   • They fiddled with the test results to make them look better.
   • He was accused of fiddling with the evidence.

   Synonymescookdoctorfalsifyfixfudgemanipulaterig

Verbe de basefiddle