cut teeth

Idioms  

1. see cut one's teeth.

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Example Sentences

Medical professionals cut teeth and tissue out of the then-20-year-old’s mouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2022

The babes can't cut teeth, and grow, and fight it out in punishing races on dusty hay and hard-shelled oats, when they ought to be picking grass in an open field.

From Thoroughbreds by Fraser, William Alexander

It is not, however, always necessary to cut teeth all round these wheels, as will be seen by an examination of Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

It is pretty, in youth, to play with style as a puppy plays with a bone, to cut teeth upon it.

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

If you'll take poke root and cut it in small pieces and string it and put it 'round a baby's neck it will cut teeth easy.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration