clip his wings
clip his wings
prevent someone from acting freely.
Clip someone's wings comes from the phrase clip a bird's wings which means trim the feathers of a bird so that it cannot fly.
at a clip
at a time
all at once - US informal
2000 - Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential - I peeled 75 pounds of shrimp at a clip.
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