take underwing

verb

take underwing

verb

1

To take under one's wing.

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.1985 August 10, Kate Raisz, “The Gay Mushes”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 10:

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