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"form": "spreading one's wings",
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"ref": "1980, John Lennon, (Just Like) Starting Over",
"text": "It's time to spread our wings and fly. Don't let another day go by my love",
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"To experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities."
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"(idiomatic) To experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities."
],
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"word": "expand one's wings"
},
{
"word": "stretch one's wings"
},
{
"word": "try one's wings"
}
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"translations": [
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "bontogatja a szárnyait"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "próbálgatja a szárnyait"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "saját lábára áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "önálló életet kezd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "próbára teszi magát"
}
]
}
],
"word": "spread one's wings"
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"text": "It's time to spread our wings and fly. Don't let another day go by my love",
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"To experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities."
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"(idiomatic) To experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities."
],
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"word": "expand one's wings"
},
{
"word": "stretch one's wings"
},
{
"word": "try one's wings"
}
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"translations": [
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "bontogatja a szárnyait"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "próbálgatja a szárnyait"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "saját lábára áll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "önálló életet kezd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities",
"word": "próbára teszi magát"
}
],
"word": "spread one's wings"
}
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