under one's wing

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Under one'sprotection,sponsorship, ortutelage.He took the promising studentunder his wing.The promising student cameunder the professor's wing.He remainedunder the great man's wingafter graduation.Now a professor himself he has young studentsunder his wing.2012March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike[Review]”, inAV Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon6 November 2019:By happy accident, Cyril runs into Samantha (Cécile de France), a single hairdresser who takes himunder her wing— first to help him find his missing bike and father, and later, on weekends away from the group home.

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