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Under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He took the promising student under his wing.
- The promising student came under the professor's wing.
- He remained under the great man's wing after graduation.
- Now a professor himself he has young students under his wing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
suojissaan
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Finnish:
siipiensä suojassa
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Finnish:
siipiensä alla
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Finnish:
suojiinsa
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Finnish:
siipiensä suojaan
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Finnish:
siipiensä alle
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French:
sous l'aile de
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French:
sous son aile
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German:
jemanden unter seine Fittiche nehmen
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Hungarian:
a szárnyai alá (vesz)
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Polish:
pod swoje skrzydła
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Swedish:
(ta) under sina vingar
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Turkish:
kanadı altında
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