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