"tirare l'acqua al proprio mulino" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Italian]

Forms: tiràre l' acqua al proprio mulino [canonical], tìro l' acqua al proprio mulino [first-person, present, singular], tirài l' acqua al proprio mulino [first-person, historic, past, singular], tiràto l' acqua al proprio mulino [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to bring (the) water to one's mill”. Compare French apporter de l’eau au moulin de. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to bring (the) water to one's mill}} “to bring (the) water to one's mill”, {{lit|to bring (the) water to one's mill}} Literally, “to bring (the) water to one's mill”, {{cog|fr|apporter de l'eau au moulin de}} French apporter de l’eau au moulin de Head templates: {{it-verb|a/ì}} tiràre l'acqua al proprio mulino (first-person singular present tìro l'acqua al proprio mulino, first-person singular past historic tirài l'acqua al proprio mulino, past participle tiràto l'acqua al proprio mulino, auxiliary avére)
  1. (idiomatic) to do only what is in one's own interest; to bring grist for the mill; to make capital out of Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tirare_l'acqua_al_proprio_mulino-it-verb-wOTLvTOH Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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