earn one's spurs en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| earnt one's spurs | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| earnt one's spurs | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| earns one's spurs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| earning one's spurs | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| earned one's spurs | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| earned one's spurs | Tense=Past | lexicographic |