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smoothed someone's feathers

smoothed someone's feathers is the simple past and past participle of smooth someone's feathers.

Meaning of smooth someone's feathers

Verb

smooth someone's feathers (third-person singular simple present smooths someone's feathers, present participle smoothing someone's feathers, simple past and past participle smoothed someone's feathers)

  1. To soothe (someone) who has had their feathers ruffled; to pacify (someone) who is upset.
    • L'Estrange bowed and offered his arm, while Mr Millis smoothed his ruffled feathers, and went back to the other young men , — smoothed his feathers, because it would never have answered to let others see that Mr Millis had got the worst of an encounter of any kind.1882, William George Hamley, Traseaden Hall: "when George the Third was King", page 127

Questions about smoothed someone's feathers

What is smoothed someone's feathers the simple past and past participle of?
Smoothed someone's feathers is the simple past and past participle of smooth someone's feathers.

Words near smoothed someone's feathers in the dictionary

  1. smoothed
  2. smoothed away
  3. smoothed down
  4. smoothed out
  5. smoothed over
  6. smoothed someone's feathers
  7. smoothed up
  8. smoothelin
  9. smoothen
  10. smoothened
  11. smoothening

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