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won one's spurs

won one's spurs is the simple past and past participle of win one's spurs.

Meaning of win one's spurs

Verb

win one's spurs (third-person singular simple present wins one's spurs, present participle winning one's spurs, simple past and past participle won one's spurs)

  1. To achieve recognition.

Questions about won one's spurs

What is won one's spurs the simple past and past participle of?
Won one's spurs is the simple past and past participle of win one's spurs.

Words near won one's spurs in the dictionary

  1. won back
  2. won big
  3. Won Buddhism
  4. won by a nose
  5. won one for the Gipper
  6. won one's spurs
  7. won out
  8. won over
  9. won round
  10. won someone's heart
  11. won the battle, but lost the war

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