spread your wings

spread your wings
to start to do new and interesting things that you have not done before

It’s time for him to leave home and stretch his wings.

Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym
Main entry: wing

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spread your wings — see ↑wing, 1
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Main Entry: ↑spread
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spread your wings
: to become more independent and confident : to try doing new things

He's known as a comic actor, but he's spreading his wings and trying a serious role in his new movie.

College gave her a chance to spread her wings.

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Main Entry: ↑wing

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spread your ˈwings idiom
to become more independent and confident and try new activities, etc

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Going to college gave her the chance to spread her wings.

Main entry: ↑spreadidiom

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