FEATHER ONE'S NEST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position

Example:

The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

enrich (make wealthy or richer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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