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

I had bought a huge saw-blade and cut teeth all down the back; these teeth fitted into a little cogwheel set to take the friction, and driven forward by the spring.

From Wanderers by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)

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

When the opening had been completed, they cut teeth in the knife blade and made a small saw strong and keen enough to eat through a link in their shackles.

From The Man in Gray by Dixon, Thomas

Some have cut teeth at three months; indeed, there are instances on record of infants having been born with teeth.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry