cut one's teeth
1cut 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 …
2cut one's teeth — ► cut one s teeth acquire initial experience of an activity. Main Entry: ↑cut …
3cut 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 …
4cut 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 > …
5cut one's teeth on — See: CUT TEETH(2) …
6cut one's teeth on — See: CUT TEETH(2) …
7cut one's teeth — verb To begin; to gain early experience. He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally …
8cut\ one's\ teeth\ on — See: cut teeth(2) …
9cut one's teeth — acquire initial experience of a sphere of activity. → cut …
10cut one's eyeteeth on — phrasal see cut one s teeth on …