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cutting one's eyeteeth

cutting one's eyeteeth is the present participle and gerund of cut one's eyeteeth.

Meaning of cut one's eyeteeth

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.

Questions about cutting one's eyeteeth

What is cutting one's eyeteeth the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting one's eyeteeth is the present participle and gerund of cut one's eyeteeth.

Words near cutting one's eyeteeth in the dictionary

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

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