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cut one's eyeteeth

cut one's eyeteeth verb: to cease to be a child; to become shrewd.

Verb

cut one's eyeteeth (third-person singular simple present cuts one's eyeteeth, present participle cutting one's eyeteeth, simple past and past participle cut one's eyeteeth)

  1. To cease to be a child; to become shrewd.

Forms of cut one's eyeteeth

third-person singular presentcuts one's eyeteeth
present participlecutting one's eyeteeth
past participlecut one's eyeteeth
pastcut one's eyeteeth

Questions about cut one's eyeteeth

What does cut one's eyeteeth mean?
Cut one's eyeteeth means to cease to be a child; to become shrewd.
What part of speech is cut one's eyeteeth?
Cut one's eyeteeth is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut one's eyeteeth?
The past tense of cut one's eyeteeth is cut one's eyeteeth.

Words near cut one's eyeteeth in the dictionary

  1. cut on
  2. cut one
  3. cut one loose
  4. cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
  5. cut one's coat according to one's cloth
  6. cut one's eyeteeth
  7. cut one's losses
  8. cut one's lucky
  9. cut one's own throat
  10. cut one's stick
  11. cut one's teeth

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