cut one's teeth

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cut one's teeth

verb cuts one's teeth · cutting one's teeth · cut one's teeth

  1. idiomatic To begin; to gain early experience. He cut his teeth on flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.

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@misc{cut_one_s_teeth_2026,
  title = {cut one's teeth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20one's%20teeth},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}