win one's spurs

== English == === Alternative forms === earn one's spurs gain one's spurs === Verb === win one's spurs (third-person singular simple present wins one's spurs, present participle winning one's spurs, simple past and past participle won one's spurs) To achieve recognition. ==== See also ==== earn one's stripes earn one's wings ==== 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. “win one’s spurs”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “win/gain your spurs”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “win one’s spurs”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “win one's spurs/earn one's spurs”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “win one's spurs”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.