"make one's bones" meaning in English

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          "text": "Mario Cacciatore was fourteen when he made his bones.",
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        "To commit a murder in order to be respected in a criminal gang."
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          "ref": "2023 October 11, Jonathan Jones, “Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Wearing, Brown and Hume all made their bones in an era when contemporary art fought for attention and had to insist it mattered – when in Britain, at least, it seemed cutting edge to like it at all.",
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        "To establish one's bona fides; to establish status and respect."
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        "(by extension) To establish one's bona fides; to establish status and respect."
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