earn (one's) wings

To prove one's merit and skill. I never thought much of Stu, but he really earned his wings this week with how well he handled the merger.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lolicia	-	English (Rare)
Esen	-	Turkish
Gentiana	-	Albanian
Iiro	EE:-ro	Finnish
Albina	ahl-BEE-nah (Russian, Italian, Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Polish, German, Lithuanian, Ancient Roman
Vitalik	-	Russian, Ukrainian