Fiddle with
Fiddle with verb - To handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously.
Set and fiddle with are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Fiddle with".
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Fiddle with and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fiddle with" instead a verb "Set".
Both terms in one sentence
- In Skulduggery Pleasant, Skulduggery has pulled this on Stephanie, asking her amongst other things to not fiddle with the radio because he's just got it set right.
Source: If I Do Not Return
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Set and Fiddle with. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fiddle_with/set
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