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earns one's wings

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

Meaning of earn one's wings

Verb

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

  1. To prove one's worth or merit.
    Synonyms:
    earn one's stripes, get one's wings

Questions about earns one's wings

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

Words near earns one's wings in the dictionary

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

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