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cut teeth



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Idioms and Phrases

see cut one's teeth .

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It is pretty, in youth, to play with style as a puppy plays with a bone, to cut teeth upon it.

They are roughly heart-shaped with sharply cut teeth round the edge.

There were also many bone implements, shell and bone ornaments, and cut teeth of bears.

If you'll take poke root and cut it in small pieces and string it and put it 'round a baby's neck it will cut teeth easy.

The large gear has cut teeth, and the pinion is of steel, working in gun-metal bearings.

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