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take the wind out of someone's sails

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Definitions of take the wind out of someone's sails words

  • noun take the wind out of someone's sails to destroy someone's advantage; disconcert or deflate 0
  • noun take the wind out of someone's sails to deflate suddenly someone's enthusiasm, pride, etc., as by removing his or her advantage or nullifying his or her argument 0
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Parts of speech for Take the wind out of someone's sails

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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take the wind out of someone's sails popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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