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tried one's wings

tried one's wings is the simple past and past participle of try one's wings.

Meaning of try one's wings

Verb

try one's wings (third-person singular simple present tries one's wings, present participle trying one's wings, simple past and past participle tried one's wings)

  1. Synonym of spread one's wings.
    • We're all in our twenties; we've all been trying our wings and making mistakes. Now we find that we're all heading in the same direction.2004, Peter Mommsen, Homage to a Broken Man: The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold, page 7

Questions about tried one's wings

What is tried one's wings the simple past and past participle of?
Tried one's wings is the simple past and past participle of try one's wings.

Words near tried one's wings in the dictionary

  1. tried it out on the dog
  2. tried on
  3. tried on for size
  4. tried one's hand
  5. tried one's luck
  6. tried one's wings
  7. tried out
  8. tried someone's patience
  9. tried titles
  10. triedral
  11. triedst

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