"find one's feet" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-find one's feet.ogg [Australia] Forms: finds one's feet [present, singular, third-person], finding one's feet [participle, present], found one's feet [participle, past], found one's feet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|find<,,found> one's feet}} find one's feet (third-person singular simple present finds one's feet, present participle finding one's feet, simple past and past participle found one's feet)
  1. (idiomatic) To grow in confidence in a new situation as one gains experience. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: out of one's depth Translations (grow in confidence): sopeutua (Finnish), saada itsevarmuutta (Finnish), kerätä itsevarmuutta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-find_one's_feet-en-verb-LratF8K5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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