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singed one's wings

singed one's wings is the simple past and past participle of singe one's wings.

Meaning of singe one's wings

Verb

singe one's wings (third-person singular simple present singes one's wings, present participle singeing one's wings, simple past and past participle singed one's wings)

  1. (idiomatic) To sustain harm, loss or ruin by doing some risky or perilous deed.

Questions about singed one's wings

What is singed one's wings the simple past and past participle of?
Singed one's wings is the simple past and past participle of singe one's wings.

Words near singed one's wings in the dictionary

  1. singe
  2. singe one's wings
  3. singed
  4. singed cat
  5. singed cats
  6. singed one's wings
  7. singeing
  8. singeing one's wings
  9. singeingly
  10. singeings
  11. singeli

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