adorn oneself with borrowed plumes (English, verb)
expansion: adorn oneself with borrowed plumes (third-person singular simple present adorns oneself with borrowed plumes, present participle adorning oneself with borrowed plumes, simple past and past participle adorned oneself with borrowed plumes)
Senses:
glosses: To claim the honor of another for yourself.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: adorns oneself with borrowed plumes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: adorning oneself with borrowed plumes
tags: participle
present
form: adorned oneself with borrowed plumes
tags: participle
past
form: adorned oneself with borrowed plumes
tags: past