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    cat's paw

    noun

    • 1. a person who is used by another to carry out an unpleasant or dangerous task: "he was merely a cat's paw of older and cleverer men"
  2. Cat's-paw can refer to a light air on water, a tool used by another, or a knot for fishing. Learn the origin, synonyms, and examples of this word from the dictionary.

  3. Cat's-paw is a noun that can mean a person used by another as a tool, a nautical hitch, or a light breeze. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this phrase from Collins English Dictionary.

  4. Cat's paw is a phrase that means a person who is used by another to achieve some end, especially in a duplicitous or cynical manner. It comes from a fable about a monkey who tricks a cat into pulling chestnuts out of the fire.

  5. Cat's-paw means a person used by another as a tool or a dupe, or a nautical term for a hitch or a breeze. It comes from a fable about a monkey and a cat pulling chestnuts out of a fire.

  6. Cat's-paw is a phrase that means a person used by another as a dupe or tool, or a light breeze that ruffles the water surface. It comes from a fable about a monkey that used a cat's paw to pull chestnuts out of a fire.

  7. Cat's-paw is a noun that means a person used by another as a tool or a dupe, or a nautical term for a hitch or a breeze. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of this phrase from Collins English Dictionary.

  8. Cat's-paw is a noun that can mean a person used by another to do dangerous, distasteful, or unlawful work; a light breeze that ripples the surface of water; a hitch in the bight of a rope; or a knot resembling a lark’s-foot hitch. Learn the origin, synonyms, and sentence examples of cat's-paw.