fidget with (something)

fidget with (something)

To compulsively fiddle with something in a nervous or restless manner. Mary, stop fidgeting with your necklace like that and sit still!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fidget with something

to play with something nervously. Please don't fidget with your zipper. Carl is always fidgeting with his left ear.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fidget with
  • fidget
  • fidget about
  • fidget around
  • hang up (one's) fiddle
  • hang up your fiddle
  • twiddle with
  • twiddle with (someone)
  • have a fix of (something)
  • get a fix (of something)