English Explanatory Dictionary

feather one's nest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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; especially, to do so to a degree that involves venality.

Pronunciation

en-au-feather one's nest.ogg

Word forms

feather one's nest feathers one's nest feathering one's nest feathered one's nest feather one's own nest

Synonyms

line one's pockets look out for number one

Related words

every man for himself featherbed nest egg
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