take under your wing

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to take care of and help sb who has less experience of sth than you

   The troopers took me under their wing and turned me over to the Reverend Silas Pendrake for moral guidance and a Christian upbringing.

   I took you under my wing, Jake.

In the movies · 2

• I took you under my wing, Jake.Avatar: The Way of Water2022
• The troopers took me under their wing and turned me over to the Reverend Silas Pendrake for moral guidance and a Christian upbringing.Little Big Man1970

From the same entry

• get your wings
• in the wings
• on a wing and a prayer
• on the wing
• take wing
• clip wings
• spread your wings
• wing it

More idioms

• the long and short of it
• think nothing of it
• what's not to like
• disappear off the face of the earth
• sit tight
• be life
• say what
• in no hurry
• anything goes
• keep your eyes peeled
• make peace with
• be on the phone