cut teeth

[for a baby or young person] to have new teeth emerging through the gums. Billy is cranky because he's cutting teeth. Ann cut her first tooth this week.

cut your teeth

(British, American & Australian) also cut your eye teeth (American)

to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills (often + on ) She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hameed	-	Arabic
Ashe	[æf]
Tzivyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
ÁSlaug	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
PÈIre	-	Occitan
Irvin	['ə:vin]