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earns one's spurs

earns one's spurs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of earn one's spurs.

Meaning of earn one's spurs

Verb

earn one's spurs (third-person singular simple present earns one's spurs, present participle earning one's spurs, simple past and past participle earned one's spurs or earnt one's spurs)

  1. Synonym of win one's spurs.
    • Further, many of these veteranos had earned their spurs, so to speak, and were respected and looked up to as male role models, even though they no longer were active bangers or slangers.2007, James Diego Vigil, The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles
    Synonyms:
    win one's spurs

Questions about earns one's spurs

What is earns one's spurs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Earns one's spurs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of earn one's spurs.

Words near earns one's spurs in the dictionary

  1. earns
  2. earns a crust
  3. earns one's corn
  4. earns one's crust
  5. earns one's keep
  6. earns one's spurs
  7. earns one's stripes
  8. earns one's wings
  9. earns out
  10. Earnshaw
  11. Earnshaw's theorem

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