battere le ali

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, flap one's wings.

Verb

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bàttere le ali (first-person singular present bàtto le ali, first-person singular past historic battéi le ali, past participle battùto le ali, auxiliary avére)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see battere,‎ ali.
  2. to get famous or become renown; to make it