smooth someone's feathers (English, verb)
expansion: smooth someone's feathers (third-person singular simple present smooths someone's feathers, present participle smoothing someone's feathers, simple past and past participle smoothed someone's feathers)
Senses:
glosses: To soothe (someone) who has had their feathers ruffled; to pacify (someone) who is upset.
Forms:
form: smooths someone's feathers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: smoothing someone's feathers
tags: participle
present
form: smoothed someone's feathers
tags: participle
past
form: smoothed someone's feathers
tags: past