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FEATHER ONE'S NEST

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• FEATHER ONE'S NEST (verb)
The verb FEATHER ONE'S NEST has 1 sense:

1. enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position

Familiarity information: FEATHER ONE'S NEST used as a verb is very rare.

• FEATHER ONE'S NEST (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business

Hypernyms (to "feather one's nest" is one way to...):

enrich (make wealthy or richer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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