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smooths someone's feathers

smooths someone's feathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 smooths someone's feathers

What is smooths someone's feathers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smooths someone's feathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smooth someone's feathers.

Words near smooths someone's feathers in the dictionary

  1. smooths
  2. smooths away
  3. smooths down
  4. smooths out
  5. smooths over
  6. smooths someone's feathers
  7. smooths up
  8. smoothshaven
  9. smoothskin
  10. smoothskins
  11. smoothsort

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