played Cupid
Set up dates
To play Cupid is to act as a matchmaker, attempting to bring two people together romantically—after the Roman god of love who shoots arrows to make people fall in love.
My sister played Cupid and set me up with her coworker.
The phrase often implies well-meaning but potentially meddlesome interference in others' love lives.
- matchmakerArranger of romantic pairings
- match made in heavenIdeally compatible partnership
- love letterWritten romantic declaration
- blind dateArranged meeting between strangers
- bow and arrowRanged weapon using tension
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