earn one's spurs

== English == === Verb === earn one's spurs (third-person singular simple present earns one's spurs, present participle earning one's spurs, simple past and past participle earned one's spurs or earnt one's spurs) Synonym of win one's spurs. ==== Further reading ==== “earn win your spurs” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “win earn your spurs” (US) / “win earn your spurs” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “earn one’s spurs”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “earn one’s spurs”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “win ones spurs earn ones spurs”, in Collins English Dictionary.