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tries one's wings

tries one's wings is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tries one's wings

What is tries one's wings the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tries one's wings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of try one's wings.

Words near tries one's wings in the dictionary

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

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