Usually means: Be subordinate in a role.
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  1. play second fiddle: Merriam-Webster
  2. play second fiddle: Collins English Dictionary
  3. play second fiddle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. play second fiddle: Wiktionary
  5. play second fiddle: Dictionary.com

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  1. play second fiddle: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (play second fiddle)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.

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