cut teeth Idiome
cut teeth
Idiom(s): cut teethTheme: GROWTH
[for a baby or young person] to grow teeth.
• Billy is cranky because he's cutting teeth.
• Ann cut her first tooth this week.
cut teeth|cut|cut one's eye teeth on|cut one's tee
v. phr. 1. To have teeth grow out through the gums. The baby was cross because he was cutting teeth. 2. cut eye teeth informal To learn something very early in life; gain experience; start by learning or doing.
Used with a possessive, usually used with "on". The professional ball player cut his teeth on a baseball bat in the sandlots. Mr. Jones's company is building the new Post Office in town but Mr. Jones cut his eye teeth as a carpenter.cut (one's) teeth
To accretion acquaintance with something, abnormally at a adolescent age (when one's teeth would be advancing in). Oh, I cut my teeth on those kinds of equations! Give me a arduous botheration for a change! Jen may be young, but she cut her teeth at a celebrated journal, so her angle and ability will be invaluable to us.Learn more: cut, teethcut teeth
[for a babyish or adolescent person] to accept new teeth arising through the gums. Billy is bad-humored because he's acid teeth. Ann cut her aboriginal tooth this week.Learn more: cut, teeth
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