take underwing

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take underwing (third-person singular simple present takes underwing, present participle taking underwing, simple past took underwing, past participle taken underwing)

  1. To take under one's wing.
    • 1985 August 10, Kate Raisz, “The Gay Mushes”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 10:
      I had the pleasure at one dance of being taken underwing by a woman of about sixty who whirled me about in the traditional dances.
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