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Take Under Ones Wing Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ADOPT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%5Exact Match!
verb

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

98%7Exact Match!
noun

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

verb

• help develop, help grow

• look after a child until it is an adult

• provide with nourishment

29%9Take under one's wing
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Source #Number Answer
New York Times29 May 2001 Across 13
New York Times21 Dec 1997 Across 63
New York Times10 Nov 1985 Across 59
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