"cut one's eyeteeth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts one's eyeteeth [present, singular, third-person], cutting one's eyeteeth [participle, present], cut one's eyeteeth [participle, past], cut one's eyeteeth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> one's eyeteeth}} cut one's eyeteeth (third-person singular simple present cuts one's eyeteeth, present participle cutting one's eyeteeth, simple past and past participle cut one's eyeteeth)
  1. To cease to be a child; to become shrewd. Related terms: cut one's teeth, give one's eye-teeth
    Sense id: en-cut_one's_eyeteeth-en-verb-hBWVwo-d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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