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cuts one's teeth

cuts one's teeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut one's teeth.

Meaning of cut one's teeth

Verb

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

Questions about cuts one's teeth

What is cuts one's teeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts one's teeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut one's teeth.

Words near cuts one's teeth in the dictionary

  1. cuts one's eyeteeth
  2. cuts one's losses
  3. cuts one's lucky
  4. cuts one's own throat
  5. cuts one's stick
  6. cuts one's teeth
  7. cuts out
  8. cuts out the middleman
  9. cuts red tape
  10. cuts round
  11. cuts short

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