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song and dance

noun

Definitions

  1. A display of unnecessary excitement or activity.

  2. An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something.

    • You could pick up the phone, call your vendors and give them a big song and dance about all the great things happening in your company.

  3. An excessively complex set of instructions.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see song, and, dance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA