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take underwing

take underwing verb: to take under one's wing.

Verb

take underwing (third-person singular simple present takes underwing, present participle taking underwing, simple past took underwing, past participle taken underwing)

  1. To take under one's wing.
    • I had the pleasure at one dance of being taken underwing by a woman of about sixty who whirled me about in the traditional dances.1985 August 10, Kate Raisz, “The Gay Mushes”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 10

Forms of take underwing

third-person singular presenttakes underwing
present participletaking underwing
pasttook underwing
past participletaken underwing

Questions about take underwing

What does take underwing mean?
Take underwing means to take under one's wing.
What part of speech is take underwing?
Take underwing is a verb.
What is the past tense of take underwing?
The past tense of take underwing is took underwing.

Words near take underwing in the dictionary

  1. take too far
  2. take turns
  3. take umbrage
  4. take under
  5. take under advisement
  6. take underwing
  7. take up
  8. take up a collection
  9. take up arms
  10. take up cudgels
  11. take up for

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