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gain one's spurs

gain one's spurs verb: synonym of win one's spurs.

Verb

gain one's spurs (third-person singular simple present gains one's spurs, present participle gaining one's spurs, simple past and past participle gained one's spurs)

  1. Synonym of win one's spurs.
    Synonyms:
    win one's spurs

Synonyms of gain one's spurs

Forms of gain one's spurs

third-person singular presentgains one's spurs
present participlegaining one's spurs
past participlegained one's spurs
pastgained one's spurs

Questions about gain one's spurs

What does gain one's spurs mean?
Gain one's spurs means synonym of win one's spurs.
What part of speech is gain one's spurs?
Gain one's spurs is a verb.
What is the past tense of gain one's spurs?
The past tense of gain one's spurs is gained one's spurs.

Words near gain one's spurs in the dictionary

  1. gain line
  2. gain lines
  3. gain momentum
  4. gain of function
  5. gain on
  6. gain one's spurs
  7. gain over
  8. gain steam
  9. gain the wind
  10. gain time
  11. gain times

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