second fiddle

Critics argue the richest and most competitive fight in the female code should not be playing second fiddle to the Tyson-Paul carnival.

All week he played second fiddle to Joshua, but the silent assassin refused to be intimidated when it mattered, not taking a single back stop and dropping AJ four times.

Harry Brook, usually an aggressor, was another that played second fiddle to Pope in an unbroken stand of 40 of which Brook has so far made eight.

Playing second fiddle to Harris marks a shift in the long-standing political dynamic between the two most prominent figures in their generation of California leaders.

In fact, Harris came under withering criticism for appearing to play such a quiet second fiddle to Biden.