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To begin; to gain early experience.
He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.
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cut one's teeth — ( ● cut * * * acquire initial practice or experience of a particular sphere of activity or with a particular organization the brothers cut their professional teeth at Lusardi s before starting their own restaurant … Useful english dictionary
cut one's teeth — ► cut one s teeth acquire initial experience of an activity. Main Entry: ↑cut … English terms dictionary
cut one's teeth on — phrasal or cut one s eyeteeth on : to learn, do, or perform as a beginning or at the start of one s career : start with : do while young and inexperienced he cut his eyeteeth on algebra at the age of eight … Useful english dictionary
cut one's teeth — phrasal to learn, do, or perform as a beginning or at the start of one s career < an actress who cut her teeth on television > … New Collegiate Dictionary
cut one's teeth on — See: CUT TEETH(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
cut one's teeth on — See: CUT TEETH(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
cut\ one's\ teeth\ on — See: cut teeth(2) … Словарь американских идиом
cut one's teeth — acquire initial experience of a sphere of activity. → cut … English new terms dictionary
cut one's eyeteeth on — phrasal see cut one s teeth on … Useful english dictionary
cut\ one's\ eye\ teeth\ on — • cut (eye) teeth • cut one s eye teeth on v. phr. 1. To have teeth grow out through the gums. The baby was cross because he was cutting teeth. 2. • informal cut (one s) eye teeth (on) To learn something very early in life; gain experience; start … Словарь американских идиом
