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tirare l'acqua al proprio mulino

Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, “to bring (the) water to one's mill”. Compare French apporter de l’eau au moulin de.

Verb

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tiràre l'acqua al proprio mulino (first-person singular present tìro l'acqua al proprio mulino, first-person singular past historic tirài l'acqua al proprio mulino, past participle tiràto l'acqua al proprio mulino, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic) to do only what is in one's own interest; to bring grist for the mill; to make capital out of
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