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clips someone's wings

clips someone's wings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clip someone's wings.

Meaning of clip someone's wings

Verb

clip someone's wings (third-person singular simple present clips someone's wings, present participle clipping someone's wings, simple past and past participle clipped someone's wings)

  1. (idiomatic) To restrict someone's freedom.

Questions about clips someone's wings

What is clips someone's wings the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clips someone's wings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clip someone's wings.

Words near clips someone's wings in the dictionary

  1. clippocks
  2. clippy
  3. cliprofen
  4. clips
  5. clips it
  6. clips someone's wings
  7. clips the church
  8. clips the wings of
  9. clipshear
  10. clipshears
  11. clipsheet

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