Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutting one's teeth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
cut-ting one's -teeth
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cut one's teeth

Questions

What does cutting one's teeth mean?
present participle and gerund of cut one's teeth

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