play Cupid
Set up dates
To play Cupid is to try to bring two people together romantically—acting as matchmaker, like the mythological god of love with his bow and arrow.
She's always trying to play Cupid for her single friends.
The phrase often carries a note of meddling or amateurish interference in others' love lives.
- setting upPreparing or assembling beforehand
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- fix upRestore or arrange
- flirtPlayfully attract attention
- matchGame between opponents
wingman · romantic · hopeless romantic · run after · blind dates · double date · meet cute · sparks flying · love at first sight · lead on · Eros · Aphrodite · emotional support · cherubs · infatuate · seduce · pursue · enamor
play Cupiddrive a wedge
Cause separation between parties
tear apart · cockblock · sow discord · throw cold water on · poison the well
play Cupidmind one's own business
Refrain from prying
let nature take its course · leave well enough alone · keep one's distance
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