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spread your wings

spread your wings
 n.— «With sexually explicit rap music thumping from oversized speakers, cars spun and fishtailed with passengers hanging out of open doors and windows, a move called “spread your wings.”» —“Deadly Swerves and Spins” by Louis Sahagun in Oakland, Calif. Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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