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English
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.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (history) To be knighted.
See also
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 Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “win one's spurs/earn one's spurs”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “win one's spurs”, in Collins English Dictionary.