Doctor
Doctor verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience
Fiddle and doctor are semantically related (British) In some cases you can use "Fiddle" instead a verb "Doctor". informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Awakenings: Another great completely straight Robin Williams performance, this time taking second fiddle as a doctor who's revived Robert De Niro's character from a coma.
- The difference is that the Monk is interested in using time travel to fiddle with TemporalParadoxes, pit historical villains against each other and try to accelerate human technological development, and lacks the Doctor's respect for history.
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