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dance with the devil

Verb

Meaning

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)

(informal, idiomatic) To engage in risky and immoral behavior.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

You really are here. (Thanatos) Hair of the dog, baby. Sooner or later, we all dance with the devil. Tonight, it's your turn. (Zarek) Sherrilyn Kenyon

So if the punks come here, they're going to dance with the devil and get the short end of the horn. (Zarek) No one better than my Zarek to rip someone's head off. You two should get along famously. (Astrid) Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you dance with the devil you can't change him but he will change. African Proverb

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