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under one's belt

Experienced or achieved, as in Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize. This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]

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Words nearby under one's belt

undermost, underneath, undernourish, undernourished, undernutrition, under one's belt, under one's breath, under one's feet, under one's hat, under one's nose, under one's own steam
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