fiddle with something phrasal verb (see also fiddle)

1. to move part of a machine in order to make it work, without knowing exactly what you should do:
After fiddling with the tuning I finally got JFM.

2. to move or touch something that does not belong to you, in an annoying way:
Don’t let him fiddle with my bag.

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fiddle with
fiddle with (something)
1.
to be busy with something without a special purpose.
Don't fiddle with the remote control — you'll break it!

2.
to try to fix or use something complicated.
The report says that computer users spend about one-third of their time fiddling with the operating system and organizing files.

Related vocabulary: mess with something, fuss with something

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fiddle with something
fiddle with (something)
1.
to be busy with something without a special purpose.
Don't fiddle with the remote control — you'll break it!

2.
to try to fix or use something complicated.
The report says that computer users spend about one-third of their time fiddling with the operating system and organizing files.

Related vocabulary: mess with something, fuss with something

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fiddle with
v. phr. To carelessly play with something.
If Jimmy continues to fiddle with our computer, he is liable to ruin it.

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