cut one's teeth

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

cut one's teeth

1. (idiomatic) To begin; to gain early experience.

   He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.

Translations

gain early experience

• French: faire ses dents (fr) (to begin), se faire les dents sur ... (fr) (to gain early experience on ...)
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• Italian: farsi le ossa, prendere dimestichezza
• Spanish: hacer sus pinitos, hacer sus primeras armas

See also

• make one's bones