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under one's wing

under one's wing prepositional phrase: under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.

under one's wing: under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage
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Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.
    • He took the promising student under his wing.
    • The promising student came under the professor's wing.

Questions about under one's wing

What does under one's wing mean?
Under one's wing means under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.
What part of speech is under one's wing?
Under one's wing is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under one's wing in the dictionary

  1. under one's hat
  2. under one's own steam
  3. under one's thumb
  4. under one's very eyes
  5. under one's very nose
  6. under one's wing
  7. under over
  8. under pain of
  9. under par
  10. under protest
  11. under sail

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