"clip the wings of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clips the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clipping the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clipped the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clipped the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clip the wings of (third-person singular simple present clips the wings of, present participle clipping the wings of, simple past and past participle clipped the wings of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trim the flight feathers of a bird, usually poultry, to prevent flight."
      ],
      "id": "en-clip_the_wings_of-en-verb-4dabxrI6",
      "links": [
        [
          "poultry",
          "poultry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 1, Paul Stephen, “Network News: TfL funding crisis: Mayor fears cuts to Tube services”, in RAIL, page 29, comment by Mayor Sadiq Khan:",
          "text": "\"[...] Clipping the wings of London is not the answer if you want other cities and regions to soar.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent from acting freely."
      ],
      "id": "en-clip_the_wings_of-en-verb-Qx4-7Pgt",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of a person or organisation) To prevent from acting freely."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person or organisation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "49 51",
      "word": "clip someone's wings"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clip the wings of"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clips the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clipping the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clipped the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clipped the wings of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "clip the wings of (third-person singular simple present clips the wings of, present participle clipping the wings of, simple past and past participle clipped the wings of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trim the flight feathers of a bird, usually poultry, to prevent flight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poultry",
          "poultry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 1, Paul Stephen, “Network News: TfL funding crisis: Mayor fears cuts to Tube services”, in RAIL, page 29, comment by Mayor Sadiq Khan:",
          "text": "\"[...] Clipping the wings of London is not the answer if you want other cities and regions to soar.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent from acting freely."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of a person or organisation) To prevent from acting freely."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person or organisation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clip someone's wings"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clip the wings of"
}