"fare la gavetta" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: fàre la gavetta [canonical], fàccio la gavetta [first-person, present, singular], féci la gavetta [first-person, historic, past, singular], fàtto la gavetta [participle, past], facévo la gavetta [first-person, imperfect, singular], fài la gavetta [imperative, second-person, singular], fà' la gavetta [imperative, second-person, singular], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to do the mess-tin”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to do the mess-tin}} “to do the mess-tin”, {{lit|to do the mess-tin}} Literally, “to do the mess-tin” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} fàre la gavetta (first-person singular present fàccio la gavetta, first-person singular past historic féci la gavetta, past participle fàtto la gavetta, first-person singular imperfect facévo la gavetta, second-person singular imperative fài la gavetta or fà' la gavetta, auxiliary avére)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to work one's way up; to pay one's dues Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
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          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:",
          "text": "E ora, trovarsi improvvisamente in lotta serrata con un uomo più giovane di quattordici anni che non aveva dovuto fare la sua stessa gavetta, che non portava addosso le stesse cicatrici di guerra e che sembrava godere di ogni possibile apertura di credito?",
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