adorn oneself with borrowed plumes

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Verb

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adorn oneself with borrowed plumes (third-person singular simple present adorns oneself with borrowed plumes, present participle adorning oneself with borrowed plumes, simple past and past participle adorned oneself with borrowed plumes)

  1. (idiomatic) To claim the honor of another for yourself.

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