singe one's wings (English, verb)
expansion: singe one's wings (third-person singular simple present singes one's wings, present participle singeing one's wings, simple past and past participle singed one's wings)
Senses:
glosses: To sustain harm, loss or ruin by doing some risky or perilous deed.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: singes one's wings
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: singeing one's wings
tags: participle
present
form: singed one's wings
tags: participle
past
form: singed one's wings
tags: past