cut one's teeth

English

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Verb

cut one's teeth

(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 ...)

Italian: farsi le ossa, prendere dimestichezza
Spanish: hacer sus pinitos, hacer sus primeras armas

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