Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earning one's spurs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
earn-ing one's spurs
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of earn one's spurs

Questions

What does earning one's spurs mean?
present participle and gerund of earn one's spurs

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