benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth.' name='description'> feather one's nest - definition and meaning
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feather one's nest

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  • verb idiomatic To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth.

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  • verb enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. enrich
  2. line one's pockets
  3. look out for number one

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. enrich

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. every man for himself
  2. nest egg

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