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try one's wings

try one's wings verb: synonym of spread 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

Synonyms of try one's wings

Forms of try one's wings

third-person singular presenttries one's wings
present participletrying one's wings
past participletried one's wings
pasttried one's wings

Questions about try one's wings

What does try one's wings mean?
Try one's wings means synonym of spread one's wings.
What part of speech is try one's wings?
Try one's wings is a verb.
What is the past tense of try one's wings?
The past tense of try one's wings is tried one's wings.

Words near try one's wings in the dictionary

  1. try me
  2. try on
  3. try on for size
  4. try one's hand
  5. try one's luck
  6. try one's wings
  7. try out
  8. try over
  9. try pot
  10. try pots
  11. try someone's patience

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