play the dickens with (English, verb)
expansion: play the dickens with (third-person singular simple present plays the dickens with, present participle playing the dickens with, simple past and past participle played the dickens with)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of play the devil with.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: plays the dickens with
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: playing the dickens with
tags: participle
present
form: played the dickens with
tags: participle
past
form: played the dickens with
tags: past